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German-English Dictionary: [gesture]

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welcoming {adj} {pres-p} [smile, gesture, house, room, pub]: einladend
flamboyant {adj} [gesture]: großartig
familiar {adj} [gesture etc.]: vertraulich
grandiloquent {adj} [gesture]: übertrieben
expressive {adj} [e.g. gesture]: beredt [fig.] [ausdrucksvoll] [z. B. Geste]
sweeping {adj} [gesture, stroke, curve]: weit ausholend
to thump [threatening gesture of rabbits]: klopfen [Drohgebärde von Hasen]zool.
stampfen [Drohgebärde von Hasen]zool.
[to press one's thumbs / thumb (for sb.)] [literally] [hand gesture in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, etc., meaning to keep one's fingers crossed (for sb.)]: (jdm.) die / den Daumen halten [ugs.] [Redensart]
to bow [make a gesture of greeting]: sich^Akk. verbeugen
accolade [ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood]: Ritterschlag {m}hist.
bow [gesture expressing deferential respect, esp. of a boy or footman]: Diener {m} [veraltend] [Verbeugung, bes. von einem Jungen oder Diener]
action [gesture]: Geste {f}
action [movement of the hand, gesture]: Handbewegung {f}
airiness [of manner, gesture]: Lässigkeit {f}
Nonchalance {f}
flourish [gesture]: überschwängliche Geste {f}
warm-hearted {adj} [action, gesture]: großzügig
to hit home [coll.] [idiom] [word, scene, gesture, etc.]: sitzen [ugs.] [Wort, Szene, Geste etc.]
finger gun [hand gesture]: Pistolengeste {f}
fist pump [celebratory gesture]: Becker-Faust {f} [ugs.] [Siegergeste]
hand heart [gesture]: Herzgeste {f}
mic drop [coll.] [also: a gesture imitating this] [intentionally dropping a microphone after a speech or performance]: [am Ende eines öffentlichen Auftritts absichtlich sein Mikrofon fallen lassen]
nice touch [gesture]: nette Geste {f}
quiet coyote [Am.] [hand gesture]: Leisefuchs {m} [Handzeichen]educ.
Lauschefuchs {m} [Handzeichen]educ.
Flüsterfuchs {m} [Handzeichen]educ.
token gesture [only a token gesture]: leere Geste {f}
Signal for Help [single-handed gesture]: Hilfezeichen {n} [Handzeichen]
three-finger salute [a hand gesture that is used in central Europe when swearing an oath]: Schwurhand {f}lawmil.pol.
sign of the horns [hand gesture]: Hörnergeste {f}

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