mime
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- noun
- /maɪm/
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mimo
- During the festival, a talented mime captured the audience's attention by conveying a story entirely through movement.
- mimes work
- body of the mime
- excellent mimes
There was a strange French mime on my doorstep.
- There was a strange French mime on my doorstep.
- He might also grow up, you know, to be a mime.
- Like if she was a mime and I was her test dummy with the makeup, she wanted to try the mime makeup on me first to see.
- So he was constantly he, he had a mime quality, which you know, is very problematic.
Examples
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After the show, the children were excited to meet the mime who portrayed a lively character without saying a word.
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The mime entertained the crowd with his expressive gestures and captivating facial expressions.
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Or even a professional mime, if you put your mind to it.
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It's um, you know, I originally trained as a mime artist.
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I want to be a mime.
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There was a strange French mime on my doorstep.
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Every motion a mime makes will have meaning ascribed to it by the audience.
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The audience for mimes is seated in the theatre.
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Palpable energy and life pour out of a mime's body once the breath is integrated with the physical motion.
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At the Kosloff school, she excelled in nothing but mime, where her genius for comedy was, from the first, undeniable.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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A person who acts without speaking using gestures and facial expressions
A person who acts out stories and feelings using only gestures and facial expressions
A person who acts using movement and expressions on their face without speaking
A person who acts using gestures and facial expressions without speaking
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mime comes from an old Greek word mimos meaning 'imitator' and is the same root as the English word mimic. That's why a mime is an actor who uses gestures and expressions to copy feelings and actions without speaking.