mime
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5.1
- noun
- /maɪm/
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mímica
- At some events, professional mimes lecture on fundamentals and provide feedback on participants' conducting.
- mime theatre
- a mime play
He hired a bunch of out of work mimes like clowns.
- He hired a bunch of out of work mimes like clowns.
- And he was in partnership with this other famous kind of comedian, mime guy from the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- And Auden wrote them something, something called the Dance of Death, which has a very long dance mime sequence in it.
- Well, it was happy, I'm sure, but she and then the favorite one of mine, she said I was a mime for a while.
Examples
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Most mime plays begin with the lights coming up on a still figure; rarely does a mime enter or exit the stage.
Academic text (2008) -
The world of mime has a great deal to offer conductors.
Academic text (2008) -
Oh, we just love mime here in America.
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The more detail a mime creates in a character, the more real the character will become to the audience.
Academic text (2008) -
The audience, even one that is not used to watching mime, becomes very uncomfortable.
Academic text (2008) -
Arturo put on a mime act for the kids.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mimes work to keep their eyes wide open for maximum expression and communication with the audience.
Academic text (2008) -
Mastery of the standard technique and creation of new techniques serve the art as the mime creates a play.
Academic text (2008) -
Mimes are extremely strong, and they need considerable core strength to create and sustain interesting shapes.
Academic text (2008) -
During the festival, the audience was captivated by the enchanting performance of a mime who conveyed a beautiful love story with only gestures.
Synonyms
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2.7
A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience
54
3.1
Acting a role on stage in a play or show
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6.5
A performance that tells a story without speaking using gestures and face movements
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3.5
An event where actors act a play for an audience
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6.0
A performance of a character on stage
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3.7
A staged play that actors perform live for an audience
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8.6
A short silent show using only gestures and body movement
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4.4
To write, produce, and perform plays for the theatre
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mime comes from an old Greek word mimos meaning 'imitator', and it is the same idea behind pantomime. So a mime performance tells a story with movements and gestures instead of words, which is why the word means a silent theatrical show.