pantomime
(pæntəmaɪm )
Word forms: pantomimes
1. countable noun
A pantomime is a funny musical play for children. Pantomimes are usually based on fairy stories and are performed at Christmas. [British]
2. uncountable noun
Pantomime is the form of entertainment which involves producing a pantomime. [British]
What she does very well is pantomime.
He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.
3. uncountable noun
Pantomime is acting something out without speaking.
Chaplin feared that the art of pantomime was under threat.
4. singular noun
If you say that a situation or a person's behaviour is a pantomime, you mean that it is silly or exaggerated and that there is something false about it. [mainly British]
They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures. [+ of]
The rights of every American to good government have been damaged by the pantomime on Capitol Hill.
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Translations:
Chinese: 童话剧
Japanese: パントマイム