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as in performer
an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements
that annoying mime on the sidewalk is pretending to be in an invisible box again
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as in gesture
a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling
the speech-impaired patient had to convey his wishes with mime or scribbled notes
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as in to imitate
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food
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Recent Examples of mime
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
My training really was coming up out of underground theater companies in New York in the early ’70s, then studying mime with Étienne.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 July 2024
When Andrade managed to best Biles on vault at last year’s world championship, the American mimed lifting an imaginary crown off her head and placing it atop the Brazilian’s.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Noun
One of the common threads in your performances is an intense physicality that verges on dance or mime.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
My training really was coming up out of underground theater companies in New York in the early ’70s, then studying mime with Étienne.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Verb
The party moved to Lee’s TikTok soon afterwards, where the fantastic five flexed by miming along to Ye’s infamous 2005 Grammy Awards speech for his best rap album-winning opus, The College Dropout.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 July 2024
When Andrade managed to best Biles on vault at last year’s world championship, the American mimed lifting an imaginary crown off her head and placing it atop the Brazilian’s.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
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Every blink, hand gesture and slight facial expression needs to be accounted for.Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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The coda consists of thirty-five triple-forte bars in the key of D major, anchored on grandiloquent, fanfare-like gestures in the brass.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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There's also a more foot-like Sole, for better imitating a human walking gait.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
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Governed by Neptune, the planet of fantasy and film, Pisces is naturally drawn to iconic characters and cinematic flair, and Nyong’o’s choice proves that life really does imitate art.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Lloyd Webber will continue writing with Terrio and Major, while Harrison prepares to mount the London Palladium’s raucous annual pantomime.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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Physically and textually, Das Ersatz is a sweet, jittery Gen-Z pastiche, a postmodern pantomime that splatters the walls with swooning angst, along with a barrage of citations both high and low, without losing its soft belly or its warm heart.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 June 2024
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What to consider when buying the best Arduino starter kits Arduino is an open-source hardware and software platform, which means anyone can copy the designs to produce an Arduino starter kit.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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But when a new killer begins copying Matt’s crimes as the ‘Westside Ripper’, Ava falls back into a true-crime obsession with her ‘Murder Bunny’ TikTok account, determined to find out whether her future brother-in-law is behind this new series of killings.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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It Chapter Two is down to clown, again — in a bloody, silly, overwrought sequel Moving down the tension scale to thrillers, Netflix is offloading a few particularly popular titles.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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An 8-year-old girl fought off a man wearing a clown mask who police in Colorado reported attacked and attempted to kidnap her during a break-in at her family's home last week.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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In fact, there is a danger that the Trump administration will emulate attempts in certain states to limit current efforts by the companies to moderate harmful content on their sites.Michael Posner, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sphere Abu Dhabi will emulate the size of the original Vegas venue, with standing room for 20,000 people.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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In the new study, the team mimicked a sewer environment under extreme conditions in a lab and rapidly sped up the fatberg formation process over 30 days.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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These videos mimic content from U.S. government agencies and more than 50 news organizations, including the BBC, France 24, and Fox News.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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