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Definition of Gesticulating
1. Adjective. Making gestures while speaking. "Her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary"
Definition of Gesticulating
1. Verb. (present participle of gesticulate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gesticulating
1. gesticulate [v] - See also: gesticulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gesticulating
Literary usage of Gesticulating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orator's Manual: A Practical and Philosophical Treatise on Vocal Culture by George Lansing Raymond (1910)
"The first has to do with the different members of the body when one is not
gesticulating; the second, when one is gesticulating. POSITIONS AND MOVEMENTS OP ..."
2. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"through St. Paul's churchyard I observed two women standing opposite to each
other, the one speaking and gesticulating violently, ..."
3. Pediatrics (1902)
"When it is realized that his parents cannot talk if prevented from gesticulating
by tying their hands to their sides, then it may be understood why the ..."
4. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"These Histrions being mounted on a stage, hke our mountebanks, performed a sort
of ballet, by dancing and gesticulating to the sound of musical instruments. ..."
5. The Orator's Manual: A Practical and Philosophical Treatise on Vocal Culture by George Lansing Raymond (1879)
"The first has to do with the different members of the body when one is not
gesticulating; the second, when one is gesticulating. POSITIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF ..."
6. The Conductor and Brakeman by Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (1885)
"EHB DANGERS OF gesticulating ON THE STREET. A man bearing a very large bunch of
suspenders, the loose ends of which dangled about as he walked along, ..."
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