threatening gesture

  • 1threatening — threat|en|ing [ˈθretn ıŋ] adj 1.) if someone s behaviour is threatening, you believe they intend to harm you ▪ His voice sounded threatening. ▪ a threatening gesture 2.) if the sky or clouds are threatening, bad weather is likely ▪ a threatening… …

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  • 2gesture — gestural, adj. gesturer, n. /jes cheuhr/, n., v., gestured, gesturing. n. 1. a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture. 2.… …

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  • 3gesture — ges•ture [[t]ˈdʒɛs tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: a threatening gesture[/ex] 2) the use of such movements to express thought,… …

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  • 4gesture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement that expresses sth ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic, expansive, expressive, extravagant, flamboyant, melodramatic, rhetorical, sweeping, theatrical …

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  • 5Threatening the President of the United States — Criminal law Part of …

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  • 6threatening — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ find sth ▪ regard sth as, see sth as …

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  • 7Destiny — For other uses, see Destiny (disambiguation). Fate redirects here. For other uses, see Fate (disambiguation). Destiny or fate refers to a predetermined course of events.[1] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of… …

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  • 8Appointment in Samarra — Infobox Book | name = Appointment in Samarra title orig = translator = image caption = author = John O Hara illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Harcourt Brace Company release… …

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  • 9Sheppey (play) — Sheppey (1933) was William Somerset Maugham s last play, written at the age of 59 and after he had reached distinction as a novelist and playwright. Maugham dedicated the book to Sir John Gielgud.It is the story about the change of fortune of… …

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  • 10A-ok — The Okay Sign as seen from the point of view of the person performing it An A OK /ˌeɪ …

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