[V] (usually written) to move your hands and arms about in order to attract attention or make sb understand what you are saying:
He gesticulated wildly at the clock. * She was shouting and gesticulating from the other side of the road.
gesticulation noun [C,U]:
wild / frantic gesticulations
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