One word

Gesticulate

Word of the day on 09 March 2010.

Winning tweet

97
Points
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It's not in my nature to gesticulate, I just go through the motions. But all in good jest.

Good uses

  • SJHatzi
    87
    Points
    Don't tell me to gesticulate. Mime your own business.
  • Ysabeluna
    76
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    with babies we gesticulate / simple moves or elaborate/ have fun don't hesitate/ peals of laughter they reciprocate/ #poetry
  • OddlyStarry
    75
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    To gesticulate while talking is one thing. But while on the telephone? #isitwrongtolaugh
  • ultracutebot
    69
    Points
    Flailery - Raillery for those who have a tendency to wildly gesticulate
  • MaxRaunchiness
    68
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    Is it true that to find the G-spot you have to gesticulate? Yeah, and when you find it, it becomes the "Gee" spot.
  • TiddK
    67
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    I gesticulate ~ not waving but drowning ~ no-one sees . #haiku #artwiculate
  • AaronLivingston
    64
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    Gesticulate with compassion: a gesture of kindness
  • StarOfSavannah
    61
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    Ears closed, eyes open/ The motion of sounds/ Captured in sight/ Hands gesticulate, meaning is made #AmericanSignLanguage
  • DrMobs
    61
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    If the hospital patient you are visiting begins to gesticulate wildly, take a step back. You may be standing on his oxygen tube.
  • dmriver
    61
    Points
    I gesticulate, therefore I taxi driver.
  • coinopratdchris
    60
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    I used to gesticulate, but I stopped after I blinded a few of my friends.
  • MaryJenkins
    60
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    I look. You shook. I wink. You blink. I gesticulate. You debate. I flash skin. You give in. #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    59
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    Gesticulate - (v.) To tap out on one's fingers the number of syllables in a haiku as a last check before pressing "Tweet"
  • lithiumzombie
    58
    Points
    A goldfish can only say 'blurb', so I've taught mine to gesticulate.
  • goldenskye
    58
    Points
    Waiters beware of guests who gesticulate, lest they collide with your laden dinner plate.
  • CaliforniaKara
    57
    Points
    I cut him off with my car. He began to gesticulate. I'm pretty sure his single-finger salute didn't mean "You're #1"
  • marcosarroyos
    56
    Points
    "Did you see him gesticulate?" "Yes, Harry, but just ignore it." "I can't ignore that!" "Don't get us killed!" Last words.
  • agezoko
    55
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    I tell her love by gesticulate towards the window of the airplane which takes off. #artwiculate
  • symphonist
    55
    Points
    The great symphony conductors can gesticulate with little more than the curl of an eyebrow. #artwiculate
  • emmaexpress
    54
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    I don't need to speak, or even gesticulate. I just give him that "come hither" look and he's all mine.
  • navinsasikumar
    53
    Points
    Gesticulate the zeitgeist - Sign of the times
  • osmarjardim
    53
    Points
    Hands up! If you gesticulate I shoot.
  • kado56
    52
    Points
    It strilkes me that if you NEED to gesticulate when words fail , you obviously haven't been playing Artwiculate enough.
  • jneen8
    52
    Points
    He gesticulate-s / I answer with a smile / Instant coup de foudre. #haiku #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    51
    Points
    French drivers find it challenging / To keep hold of the wheel / It's more important to gesticulate / Than to stay on an even keel
  • catmar604
    50
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    Jon taps syllables / gesticulate like a pro / Sindy the Dom simply scolds...no haiku discipline here #BadHaikuCount
  • routermonkey
    48
    Points
    Pardon me while I gesticulate to draw attention to my first tweet in over a month #artwiculate
  • DrJillZ
    48
    Points
    @artwiculate I gesticulate when lecturing in computer science and sometimes break into interpretive dance #truestory (blush)
  • DaveCurry
    46
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    Gesticulate on stage? A show of hands.
  • tama001
    45
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    conceal feelings of late ? / gesticulate emotions / like red-nosed pierrot . #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • Eridanus
    45
    Points
    "But gesticulate with care, Bond. This watch is a prototype, its gesture control still in beta. No accidents, please!" "OK, Q."
  • Wingpoem
    45
    Points
    I wasn't trying to gesticulate, I was trying to gestwiculate, but I was too inartwiculate..
  • OldJoeStalin
    45
    Points
    My ex-wife's mother thinks I'm so odious that she still come to my house and gesticulate s in my face.
  • Tralala56
    45
    Points
    Father John's most challenging confession was with a deaf man. You try gesticulate-ing 3 Hail Marys and 1 Our Father!
  • ZimmerJohn
    43
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    If you would win #artwiculate, then points you must accumulate. To get them don't gesticulate, instead with words illuminate.
  • TheSupercargo
    38
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    Nobody understands him, the deaf man at sea, But still he gesticulate s. Bewildering, confusing - And not signing but drowning. #NotStevie
  • Wifsie
    38
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    Gesticulate not / Let my touch ease your sorrow / my lips drink your tears. #artwiculate
  • chrisdetar
    37
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    Gesticulate in. Gesticulate out, gesticulate in and shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and gesticulate around.
  • LBY3
    36
    Points
    @artwiculate Actually, Italians don't talk with their hands more than other cultures. It's puppeteers who gesticulate the most.
  • Lomnoir
    36
    Points
    Quite possibly the most difficult word to get in Charades would be 'gesticulate'.
  • Gardencomet
    36
    Points
    Gesticulate. Eyes, come hither look. Tongue slides over lips. Fingers, beckoning. Upper body, leaning forward. I want you

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