gesture
noun
verb (used without object), ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.
verb (used with object), ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.
Origin of gesture
Examples from the Web for gestured
Contemporary Examples of gestured
When we nodded, she broke into a wide grin, gestured with two thumbs up, and finished off with a high-five.
Going Back to Vietnam Is Sometimes Amusing, Often Fraught, and Always SurrealJeff Greenfield
March 9, 2014
And he gestured toward ideas—straightforward cash payments and an end to means-testing—that would sit well with liberals.
Paul Ryan’s Proposed War on Poverty Is Hobbled by Conservative IdeologyJamelle Bouie
January 14, 2014
He gestured for everyone to look down into a little vale that opened up to the side of their path.
Sulaiman gestured with his freed hands to the lawyers seated on either side of him.
He gestured and called for them to ignore him and go into the temple, where more people likely needed help.
Historical Examples of gestured
I was at a loss, until he gestured toward the room of the Honourable George.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
She gestured at the sullen Franklin who was sitting on the couch.
The World BeyondRaymond King Cummings
"By God, if he should try that—to equate her from Logical into reject—" He gestured helplessly.
We're Friends, NowHenry Hasse
For answer the Eurasian gestured apologetically to his guards.
The Affair of the BrainsAnthony Gilmore
He gestured and waved, and, to Foster, the sign language was plain.