mime
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5.1
- noun
- /maɪm/
- At some events, professional mimes lecture on fundamentals and provide feedback on participants' conducting.
- mime theatre
- a mime play
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Watch on YouTubeHe 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
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3.1
Acting a role on stage in a play or show
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6.0
A performance of a character on stage
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6.5
A performance that tells a story without speaking using gestures and face movements
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4.4
To write, produce, and perform plays for the theatre
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3.7
A staged play that actors perform live for an audience
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3.5
An event where actors act a play for an audience
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A short silent show using only gestures and body movement
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.