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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
Even went so far at worlds last year as to mime removing a crown from her head and placing it on Andrade’s.
—Kevin Sherrington, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 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
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
Even went so far at worlds last year as to mime removing a crown from her head and placing it on Andrade’s.
—Kevin Sherrington, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 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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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a rally with his vice presidential running mate U.S. Senator JD Vance in St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S., July 27, 2024.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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The light-hearted gesture brought plenty of laughs, highlighting how humor can boost morale in an office setting.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 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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Scammers will also often imitate someone in authority, such as a tax or debt collector.Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 27 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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The experiment showed that the birds were able to learn how to get food out of a puzzle box by copying the solution from others.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Later presidents have tried to copy FDR’s success, but no one has come close — including Trump.Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 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 back against an attacker wearing a clown mask who is accused of assaulting her in her bedroom earlier this month, police said.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
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People begin to emulate the behaviors and take more interpersonal risks to create strong bonds in the team.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Start to emulate a slow swimming motion by raising your right arm and left leg and then your left arm and right leg.Leoni Jesner, Health, 4 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 21 Nov. 2024.
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