Mime

[maɪm]

Definition

(noun.) a performance using gestures and body movements without words.

(noun.) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.

(verb.) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; 'The acting students mimed eating an apple'.

Typist: Terrence--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.

(n.) An actor in such representations.

(v. i.) To mimic.

Editor: Megan

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Mimic.

Inputed by Bartholomew

Definition

n. a farce in which scenes from actual life were represented by gesture: an actor in such a farce.—n. Mim′esis a mimicking of the speech gestures &c. of a person or a people: (biol.) mimicry.—adjs. Mimet′ic -al apt to imitate.—v.t. Mim′ic to imitate: simulate:—pr.p. mim′icking; pa.p. mim′icked.—n. one who mimics: a buffoon: a servile imitator.—adjs. Mim′ic -al imitative: mock: miniature.—ns. Mim′icker; Mim′icry act of mimicking: an imitative resemblance in one animal to another or to some inanimate object.

Typed by Barnaby