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overgesticulate

overgesticulate verb: to gesticulate excessively.

Verb

overgesticulate (third-person singular simple present overgesticulates, present participle overgesticulating, simple past and past participle overgesticulated)

  1. To gesticulate excessively.

Forms of overgesticulate

third-person singular presentovergesticulates
present participleovergesticulating
past participleovergesticulated
pastovergesticulated

Origin of overgesticulate

From over- + gesticulate.

Questions about overgesticulate

What does overgesticulate mean?
Overgesticulate means to gesticulate excessively.
What part of speech is overgesticulate?
Overgesticulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgesticulate?
The past tense of overgesticulate is overgesticulated.

Words near overgesticulate in the dictionary

  1. overgenerously
  2. overgenial
  3. overgeniality
  4. overgentle
  5. overgently
  6. overgesticulate
  7. overgesticulated
  8. overgesticulates
  9. overgesticulating
  10. overgesticulation
  11. overgesticulations

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