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gestures

  • plural of gesture.
  • present tense form of gesture (3rd person singular).

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Gestures include the peace sign, the greeting for “live long and prosper,” the middle finger, and the index-and-pinkie “you rock” salute.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Gestures, to me, feel like such a social thing.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023

“All human gestures help. Gestures of cruelty don’t help,” Francis said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

Gestures and facial expressions can both add to and detract from effective script delivery, as they can help demonstrate emotion and enthusiasm for the topic.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Gestures were treated of with still more distinction as connected with pantomimic dances and representations.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick