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   mime

   /mʌɪm/

   noun

   • 1. the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement: "mime is part of our cultural heritage"
   • ▪ a theatrical performance using mime: "the ceremony was followed by a series of precise mimes, dances, and songs"
   • ▪ an action or actions intended to convey another action, an idea, or an emotion: "he performed a brief mime of someone fencing"
   • ▪ a practitioner of mime or a performer in a mime: "he's a very fine actor and mime artist"
   • 2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a simple farcical drama including mimicry: "the Dorian mimes first began to lay the foundations of the theatre"

   verb

   • 1. use only gesture and movement to act out (a play or role): "a mimed play"
   • ▪ convey or represent (an action, idea, or emotion) by using only gesture and movement: "Eddie mimed an attack of nausea"
   • 2. pretend to sing or play an instrument as a recording is being played: "singers on television often mime to pre-recorded tape tracks"

   Word Origin early 17th century (also in the sense ‘mimic or jester’): from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mimer noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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