Usually means: Movement conveying meaning without words.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word gesture:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. gesture: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gesture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gesture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gesture: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gesture: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gesture, gesture: Wordnik
  7. gesture: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gesture: Wiktionary
  9. gesture: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gesture: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gesture: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Gesture, gesture: Dictionary.com
  13. gesture: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gesture: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Gesture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gesture: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gesture: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gesture: Rhymezone
  19. gesture: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gesture: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. gesture: Free Dictionary
  22. gesture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. gesture: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. gesture: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gesture: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. gesture: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gesture: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See gestural as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
noun:  An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
noun:  (graphical user interface) A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
noun:  (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
verb:  (transitive) To express (something) by a gesture or gestures.
verb:  (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
verb:  (transitive) To express or signal (to someone) by a gesture or gestures (to do something, go somewhere, etc).

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