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1. Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
    
2. The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
   - motion
    
3. Something done as an indication of intention
   "a political gesture"; "a gesture of defiance"

1. Show, express or direct through movement
   "He gestured his desire to leave";
   - gesticulate, motion

Derived forms: gestured, gestures, gesturing

Type of: communicate, indicant, indication, intercommunicate, motility, motion, move, movement, visual communication

Encyclopedia: Gesture