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What does gesticulation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
  2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs when speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
  3. (dated) An odd or fanciful motion.
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He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand.
In the rhetoricians frequent warning is issued to the forensic neophyte to avoid the unrestraint of theatrical gesticulation.
She was taken aback to start with, then with a smile and with the help of gesticulation she explained in rather good English who Messrs Tatishchev and de Gennin were and why this monument is in the centre of the city.
At the same time, they are full of internal tension expressed through restrained gesticulation.
Slowness is certainly not what best characterizes our era and even so, some individuals choose to renounce the ambient gesticulation.
Ever since he decided to run for election, Mr Hollande has become an adept Mitterrand mimic, in gesticulation, pace and tone of voice.

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