Thesaurus:gesticulate
English
Verb
(intransitive)
Sense: to make a motion of the limbs or body, especially to emphasize speech
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- overgesture
- —
- beck (archaic)
- beckon
- bow
- cock a snook (UK, idiomatic)
- flick off
- flip off
- flip the bird
- give the bird
- give the finger
- gassho
- glance [⇒ thesaurus]
- grimace
- high five
- leer
- low five
- moue
- namaste
- nod
- nudge [⇒ thesaurus]
- pollicate
- pout
- quenelle
- salute
- shoot a bird
- shrug
- sneer [⇒ thesaurus]
- touch
- thumb one's nose
- tug one's forelock
- wave
- wince
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “550. indication” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “gesticulate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.