as in motioning
to direct or notify by a movement or gesture
the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out
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Recent Examples of gesturing
As two other agents rushed toward her window, gesturing at her and trying to open the vehicle’s door, Ross walked to the front of her vehicle.
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Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
The footage, posted initially to Marzilli's Instagram account @emgonewild, begins with the free-diving instructor and her friends in full dive gear, screaming and gesturing at each other on the water's surface with big smiles on their faces.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The four-time NBA championship coach flew into a rage, aggressively gesturing at officials and screaming.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The prosthetics started here [gesturing to his torso] and went up to my head.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Jan. 2026
The soundbyte was quickly transferred to TikTok and became a global phenomenon, with Gen Alpha shouting the numbers and gesturing up and down with their hands, without explanation.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
The decor is dark and earthy, with leather chairs, faux fur and antler chandeliers all gesturing at the wolf theme.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump continued, gesturing to the two leaders sitting beside him onstage.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Backxwash, Only Dust Remains Death is ever present in the work of Montreal rapper and producer Backxwash, from face-paint gesturing to Zambian communal ceremonies to tense riffs summoning extreme metal signifiers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesturing
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The next play offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand called involved a couple of players motioning.—
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Virgin-Morgan then was motioning toward officials, but nothing was called by the crew.—
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Last week, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was on stage in front of his supporters, waving his hands and dancing, seemingly oblivious to the danger that awaited him.—
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Drone shows use hundreds of small drones hooked up with LED lights to fly into the night sky and display moving images, like a waving American flag.—
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“Gesturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesturing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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