Gesture

Noun

 * 1) A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
 * The middle finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.
 * This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures.
 * 1) An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
 * We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a gesture or gestures.
 * My dad said to never gesture with my hands when I talk.
 * 1)  To express something by a gesture or gestures.
 * Never gesture at someone with a middle finger.

Synonyms for Gesture

 * (verb) gesticulate
 * (noun) action, attitude, movement, motion, posture, carriage, pose, behavior, manner, bearing, deportment, conduct, signal indication, sign.

Related terms

 * countergesture
 * gesticulate
 * gesticulation
 * gesticulative
 * gestural
 * gestureless
 * gesturelike

Thesaurus
action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, beck, beckon, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, body language, broad hint, carriage, charade, chironomy, clue, comportment, conduct, cue, culture pattern, custom, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, demeanor, deportment, doing, doings, dumb show, flag, folkway, formality, gambit, gentle hint, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture language, gestures, glimmer, glimmering, goings-on, guise, hand signal, high sign, hint, implication, index, indicate, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, kinesics, look, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, mime, modus vivendi, motion, motion to, motions, move, movement, movements, moves, nod, nudge, observable behavior, pantomime, pattern, ploy, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, prompt, reminder, saw the air, scent, shrug, shrug the shoulders, sign, sign language, signal, signalize, social science, spoor, stance, style, suggestion, suspicion, symbol, symptom, tactics, telltale, token, tone, track, wave the arms, way, way of life, ways, whisper, wink

Etymology
From gestura: <  gerere:, past participle gestus:.

Hyponyms

 * beckon

Noun

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: لفتة، لمحة
 * Armenian:, ժեստ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, Gebärde, Attitüde


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: gest
 * Russian:, телодвижение
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: gest
 * Turkish: işaret, jest, gesture, el kol hareketi, baş hareketi, el hareketi, kol hareketi


 * Armenian: ժեստ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
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Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 做手势, 做手勢


 * Finnish:
 * German: gestikulieren
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: gestikulovať
 * Swedish: gestikulera


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:


 * Finnish:
 * German: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten
 * Swedish: gestikulera


 * : gesticular