EGAVE

pantomime

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Meaning

  1. noun A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
  3. noun A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots.
  4. noun The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime.
  5. verb To make (a gesture) without speaking.
    I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
  6. verb To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

dumb show mime panto pantomimus pantomimery harlequinade annual prop comedy puppetry pantaloonery

Often followed by

of and in was is the to at with

Word family

pantomimed pantomimes pantomimic pantomiming

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