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What is the noun for gesturing?

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gesture
  1. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
  2. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
  3. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Marcus reciprocated the farewell gesture by slightly nodding his head and slowly blinking his large, intelligent eyes.”
      “I just received the October issue and appreciate your kind gesture in sending us extra copies.”
      “If this was, in fact, meant basically as a polite gesture, why did I have to eat four helpings of chicken curry in one go?”
gesticulation
  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.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “There was evidently a good deal of excitement and gesticulation among them.”
      “I know I do tend to move a little, largely because I naturally tend to use gesticulation and body language to emphasize what I'm talking about.”
      “Ever since he decided to run for election, Mr Hollande has become an adept Mitterrand mimic, in gesticulation, pace and tone of voice.”
gesturality
  1. (uncountable) The capacity to communicate using gesture.
  2. (countable) The gestures used by a person (in a specific situation).
gesturalism
  1. (art) A style of modern art painting characterized by energetic, expressive brushstrokes deliberately emphasizing the sweep of the painter's arm or movement of the hand
  2. Examples:
    1. “Humphries's relationship with AbEx gesturalism is by turns disingenuously kittenish and downright slurry.”
gesturement
  1. (obsolete) Act of making gestures; gesturing.
gesturalness
  1. The quality of being gestural.
gesticulator
  1. One who gesticulates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Tonight, it's Strictly's over gesticulator, Bruno, who is made of more stuff than critiquing Lisa Riley's paso doble.”
      “As a gesticulator I prefer to think I'm relaying intense feeling.”
gesturing
gesturer
  1. One who gestures.
gesticulations
  1. plural of gesticulation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The judge was characteristically intense, frequently shifting to the edge of his seat and punctuating his thoughts with brisk gesticulations.”
      “Dr Johnson was overweight and suffered from chronic bronchitis, gout and dropsy, as well as nervous tics and compulsive gesticulations.”
      “In fact, many of the details were provided to the police implicitly by the male complainant through his physical motions and gesticulations.”
gesticulators
  1. plural of gesticulator
gesturements
  1. plural of gesturement
gesturalities
  1. plural of gesturality
gesturings
gesturers
  1. plural of gesturer
gestures
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