mime

mime mimes miming mimed

1 N-VAR

Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a
story without using speech.
Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions...
...a mime artist.
2 VERB V n/-ing, V n/-ing, also V

If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech.
It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty
housework...
I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning.
3 VERB V, V n, V to n

If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is
in fact coming from a CD or cassette.
Richey's not miming, he's playing very quiet guitar...
In concerts, the group mime their songs...
The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox.

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