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Mime   /maɪm/   Listen
Mime

noun
1.
An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.  Synonyms: mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist.
2.
A performance using gestures and body movements without words.  Synonyms: dumb show, pantomime.






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"Mime" Quotes from Famous Books



... aggregate of human effort it was infinitesimal. But who shall say that it was not worth the doing? Save writing a useless book, in what other sphere of sublunar energy could I have been effectual? I did not thus analyse my attitude at the time; the man who does so is a poser, a mime to his own audience; but looking back, I think I was guided by some such ...
— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... head in her lap and let her big hands wander softly over the girl's pale face. "Sh,—sh," she said as if she were soothing a baby, "don't go on lak dat. W'y whut's de mattah wid you, Miss Mime? 'Pears lak you done los' all yo' spe'it. Whut you reckon yo' pappy 'u'd t'ink ef he could see you ca'in' on dis away? Didn' he put his han' on yo' haid an' call you his own brave little gal, ...
— The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar

... balance hung, And warm'd with jealous fires the patriot's tongue, The exclusive ardor cherish'd in the breast Love to one land and hatred to the rest. And where the flames of civil discord rage, And Roman arms with Roman arms engage, The mime of virtue rises still the same, To build a Cesar's as ...
— The Columbiad • Joel Barlow



Words linked to "Mime" :   panto, mimer, thespian, Marcel Marceau, pantomime, act, playacting, play, copy, roleplay, pantomimist, Marceau, playing, acting, playact, simulate, histrion, imitate, mimic, role player, player, actor, performing



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