gesticulate wildly
Frequency: 6.50.8 per million words
To make large, energetic, and uncontrolled movements with hands or arms.
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- He gesticulated wildly as he tried to make her understand.
- The lecturer gesticulates wildly whenever a slide fails to load.
- She was gesticulating wildly at the driver through the rain-streaked window.
- On the video call, they gesticulated wildly to overcome the audio delay.
- The coach kept gesticulating wildly from the sidelines, urging the team forward.
- Please don’t gesticulate wildly during the ceremony; it distracts everyone.
- I must have gesticulated wildly while telling the story—I knocked over my glass.
- If you gesticulate wildly in court, the judge may warn you for contempt.
- Startled by the wasp, he began to gesticulate wildly and back away.
- The mime gesticulated wildly, making the children laugh without a single word.