Making expressive hand and arm movements while speaking; present participle of gesticulate.
The present participle form of 'gesticulate', formed by adding the suffix '-ing'. This describes the ongoing action of making hand movements.
Interestingly, we all gesticulate more when we're on the phone or video call alone than when we're face-to-face—our brains keep doing it even if the other person can't see!
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