Mime

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions.
  • n. A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment.
  • n. A performer in a mime.
  • n. A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.
  • n. The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime.
  • n. A performance of pantomime.
  • n. An actor or actress skilled in pantomime.
  • v. To ridicule by imitation; mimic.
  • v. To act out with gestures and body movement.
  • verb-intransitive. To act as a mimic.
  • verb-intransitive. To portray characters and situations by gesture and body movement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A form of acting without words; pantomime
  • n. A pantomime actor
  • n. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce
  • n. A performer of such a farce
  • n. A person who mimics others in a comical manner
  • v. To mimic.
  • v. To act without words.
  • v. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner; an ancient Greek or Roman form of farce.
  • n. An actor in such representations.
  • n. The art of representing actions, events, situations, or stories solely by gestures and body movements, without speaking; pantomime{3}.
  • n. An actor who performs or specializes in mime{3}; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; a pantomime{2}; a pantomimist; a mimer.
  • n. A mimic.
  • verb-intransitive. To mimic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An imitator; one skilled in mimicry; a mimic; specifically, a mimic actor; a performer in the ancient farces or burlesques called mimes.
  • n. A dramatic entertainment among the ancient Greeks of Sicily and southern Italy and the Romans, consisting generally of farcical mimicry of real events and persons.
  • To mimic, or play the buffoon; act in a mime.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
  • n. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
  • v. imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
  • n. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
  • Verb Form
    mimed    mimes    miming   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    playact    act    roleplay    simulate    imitate    copy   
    Cross Reference
    lip-synch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pantomime    mimic    act    actor    buffoon    imitate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dime    Grime    Lyme    Time    anticrime    chime    climb    crime    dime    grime   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    impersonator    personator    cblog    hawn    conjurer    twosome    d'achever    imitator    merry-andrew    poseur