A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech. (noun)
An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude. (noun)
To make a gesture or gestures. (verb)
To express something by a gesture or gestures. (verb)
Examples of word gesture
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Emphasis in gesture is just as inartistic – and therefore ineffective – as emphasis in tone or language.
Massera served less than five years in prison before then-President Carlos Menem granted him and other coup leaders amnesty in what he called a gesture of reconciliation.
Horned Hand or The Mano Cornuto: This gesture is the Satanic salute, a sign of recognition between and allegiance of members of Satanism or other unholy groups.
Arguably, this gesture is at odds with everything that has just been said about the play.