See gesture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.",
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"A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech."
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"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lafta",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَفْتَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔišāra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "إِشَارَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šaržum",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "շարժում"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ժեստ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жэст"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cjelarúx",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "целару́х"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "iśara",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ইশারা"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śoṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "সংকেত"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.mua.ra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "အမူအရာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手勢"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒushì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手势"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿勢"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zīshì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿势"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
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"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "žest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ele"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "liike"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "signe"
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{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceno"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visaxe"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žesṭi",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ჟესტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moʒraoba",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "მოძრაობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geste"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gebärde"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "cheironomía",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χειρονομία"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mekhvá",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מחווה \\ מֶחֱוָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इशारा"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "संकेत"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesztus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "mozdulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "látbragð"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jesuchā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ジェスチャー"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ym",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ым"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaayvikaa",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "កាយវិការ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeseucheo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "제스처"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "îşaret"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jaŋdoo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "жаңдоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žests"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestas"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "doxio",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дохио"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "dokiy-a",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ژست"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešâre",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telodvižénije",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "телодвиже́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gluasad"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ге̏ст"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gȅst"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kretnja"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ademán"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "åtbörd"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "imovu išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "имову ишора"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишора"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išorat",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишорат"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "işarä",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишарә"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tâa-taang",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ท่าทาง"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "işaret"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
],
"word": "gesture"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el kol hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "baş hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "kol hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "yşarat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vídrux",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ві́друх"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "isharet",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ئىشارەت"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "imo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
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"ref": "1915, Booth Tarkington, “Wednesday Madness”, in The Cosmopolitan, page 61:",
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"text": "“Then what can you do?” she snapped. “I was told you were the best. Was that an idle boast?” He sighed and gestured her to sit down. “My lady, I—” “Countess,” she said sharply.",
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"ref": "2021 May 1, Bruce Allsman, The Museum Curator, Bruce Yeoh:",
"text": "Lorna gestured him to wait and handed the digital camera back to her. […] The guard gestured her to follow him. He seemed harmless without any guile as he stood facing her, waiting for her. She nodded and gestured, telling him to lead the way.",
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"code": "ka",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɝ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-gesture.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-gesture.ogg/En-us-gesture.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-gesture.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "(intransitive) make a gesture",
"word": "gesticulate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline",
"sense": "to make a gesture"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žestikuliram",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "жестикулирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "做手勢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuò shǒushì",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "做手势"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "elehtiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "gesture at",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "osoittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulieren"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "tuone"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "ohaoha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gesticular"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žestikulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жестикули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulovať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulera"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoshì",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "表示"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gebaren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "elehtiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "osoittaa eleellään"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "(jemandem etwas) bedeuten"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "to show contempt",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "whakapuwheto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gesticular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gestear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gestikulera"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"gesture"
],
"word": "gesture"
}
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