Gesture and Message

Gesture

Gesture noun - A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling.

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Message and gesture are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Message" instead a noun "Gesture".

Nearby Words: gestured, gesturing, gestural

Message noun - A piece of conveyed information.

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Gesture and message are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gesture" instead a noun "Message".

Nearby Words: messaged, messaging

good	good gesture	good message
nice	nice gesture	nice message
exact	exact gesture	exact message
similar	similar gesture	similar message
Other adjectives: single, simple, insulting, taunting, big, wrong, little, subtle, threatening, final, last, different, said.

As he reads the message, an image of Gary giving this gesture briefly appears on screen.

Source: Eyelid Pull Taunt
Some saw this gesture as a massive This Loser Is You message to the Japanese youth at the time.

Source: Anime / Grave of the Fireflies
In one message to her mother, Commander Shepard complains indignantly about Sparatus using air-quotes on her in the canon incident that went memetic, a gesture that Sparatus apparently picked up from Hannah (and it drove Shepard nuts when Hannah did it to her).

Source: Fanfic / The Translation in Blood

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