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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mime /maɪm/USA pronunciation n., v., mimed, mim•ing. n. - Show Business[uncountable] the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, or story by body movements without words;
pantomime. - Show Business[countable] an actor who specializes in this art.
v. - Show Business to mimic;
show by actions one's meaning:[~ + object]I mimed turning a steering wheel to indicate I wanted to rent a car. - Show Business[no object] to act in mime.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mime (mīm, mēm),USA pronunciation n., v., mimed, mim•ing. n. - Show Businessthe art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements;
pantomime. - Show Businessan actor who specializes in this art.
- Show Businessan ancient Greek or Roman farce that depended for effect largely upon ludicrous actions and gestures.
- Show Businessa player in such a farce.
- Show Businessmimic (def. 4).
- Show Businessa jester, clown, or comedian.
v.t. - Show Businessto mimic.
- Show Businessto act in mime.
v.i. - Show Businessto play a part by mime or mimicry.
- Greek mîmos imitator, mime, akin to mīmeîsthai to copy, imitate
- Latin mīmus
- 1610–20
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mime /maɪm/ n - the theatrical technique of expressing an idea or mood or portraying a character entirely by gesture and bodily movement without the use of words
- Also called: mime artist a performer specializing in such a technique, esp a comic actor
- a dramatic presentation using such a technique
- (in the classical theatre) a comic performance depending for effect largely on exaggerated gesture and physical action
- an actor in such a performance
vb - to express (an idea) in actions or gestures without speech
- (of singers or musicians) to perform as if singing (a song) or playing (a piece of music) that is actually prerecorded
Etymology: Old English mīma, from Latin mīmus mimic actor, from Greek mimos imitatorˈmimer n |