Call and Gesture

Call

Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.

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Gesture and call are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gesture" instead a verb "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Gesture verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.

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Call and gesture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a verb "Gesture".

Nearby Words: gestured, gesturing, gestural

good	good call	good gesture
nice	nice call	nice gesture
standard	standard call	standard gesture
friendly	friendly call	friendly gesture
Other adjectives: single, simple, obscene, small, big, wrong, little, quick, subtle, threatening, final, last, occasional, different.

call lawyer

gesture lawyer

He would call Hedges "General" from now on, a subtle gesture, but one to which a man like Hedges would be attuned.

Source: Don't Call Me "Sir"
A similar gesture is used in Germany to call someone out on their bullshit, roughly equivalent to "my ass", while in Italy and Israel the same gesture (minus the tongue sticking out) can either mean "watch out" or "you can't fool me".

Source: Eyelid Pull Taunt
And don't - just don't - be stupid enough to call Kurt Hummel a fag or mock him with a limp-wristed gesture anywhere where his father can see it.

Source: Berserk Button / Live-Action TV

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