mimenoun
uk/maɪm/us/maɪm/[ U ] the act of using movements of your hands and body, and expressions on your face, without speech, to communicate emotions and actions or to tell a story:
The first scene was performed in mime.
[ C ] a short play without speech
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act
- act sth out
- amateur theater
- enact
- entrance 1
- go on the stage idiom
- ham
- ham it up
- improvise
- live action
- offstage
- portray
- prompt
- repertory
- rest
- stage
- stage whisper
- stage-struck
- stretch
- variety
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mimeverb [ I or T ]
uk/maɪm/us/maɪm/to act or tell a story in mime:
The whole of the banquet scene is mimed.
to pretend to sing, play, or say something without making any sound:
Most of the bands that appear on the show just mime to a recording of their songs.
He was miming something at me across the room.
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act
- act sth out
- amateur theater
- enact
- entrance 1
- go on the stage idiom
- ham
- ham it up
- improvise
- live action
- offstage
- portray
- prompt
- repertory
- rest
- stage
- stage whisper
- stage-struck
- stretch
- variety
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