Today's Word "gesticulate"
To make gestures or motions
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gesticulate \juh-STIK-yuh-layt\ (intransitive verb) - To make gestures or motions, especially while speaking or instead of speaking.
(transitive verb) - To indicate or express by gestures.
"Nearing the end, the man in black began to gesticulate wildly, raising his arms and shaking his fists." -- Nigel Deed, 'Waiting for the Tomorrow Man'
Gesticulate is from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari, "to gesticulate," from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus, "gesture, action."
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