mime

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/maɪm/

noun 5verb 3name 1

Collocations

VERB + MIME

cannot, harassing, like

She likes to mime her teacher's funny accent whenever she gets the chance.

MIME + NOUN

bush, ken, others, presence, president

The mime's presence at the children's birthday party delighted every single kid in the room.

PREP.

The children performed a funny mime in the school assembly last Friday.

Definitions

noun

A form of acting without words; pantomime.

[Silence] demands returning to the self, to innocence and a portrayal of situations as if all the particulars were completely unknown to the viewer. There are no props but the muscular versatility of the human form. Mime is the one thing that truly proves we can be all things.

A pantomime actor.

A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.

The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.

A performer of such a farce.

A person who mimics others in a comical manner.

verb

To mimic.

To act without words.

To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

name

Acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (“an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a performance using gestures and body movements without word

pantomime

noun — an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial exp

mimer
mummer
pantomimer
pantomimist

verb — act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements

pantomime

verb — imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effec

mimic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[Silence] demands returning to the self, to innocence and a portrayal of situations as if all the particulars were completely unknown to the viewer. There are no props but the muscular versatility of

Wiktionary

The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.

Wiktionary

In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

Wiktionary

I cannot mime Ken in presence of the teacher.

Tatoeba · #1686510

I like to mime President Bush.

Tatoeba · #1762611

Tom moonlights as a street mime.

Tatoeba · #3324345

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