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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, 19 Jan. 2025
Entertainers such as jugglers, stilt walkers, trick ropers, aerialists and mimes are all set to perform in the plaza.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
But with no sound to accompany the video, the pair is forced to comically mime their way through their first conversation, in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
Entertainers such as jugglers, stilt walkers, trick ropers, aerialists and mimes are all set to perform in the plaza.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Since their environment lacks reality, the actors freeze (Flockhart), turn glumly inward (Hoffman), or mime their way through things.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
But with no sound to accompany the video, the pair is forced to comically mime their way through their first conversation, in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
Noun
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These range from coral restoration in Jamaica to water catchments for schools in Grenada and marine conservation education in Antigua—and even seemingly small gestures that can have a big impact, like supplying technology to an elementary school in the Bahamas.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Israel's spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said in a statement the group would release Alexander, who is alive, and the bodies of four dual nationals as an initial gesture.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Munn shared that the motion is a fidget of Mulaney's that Malcolm has learned to imitate.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Younger narwhals also tended to imitate the behavior of older ones, indicating that social learning could influence how narwhals use their tusks, according to the study.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This may seem like a distant toxic pantomime confined to Washington.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Why not encourage the kids to stage their own pantomime for Christmas Day?—
The Week Junior,
theweek,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately, this trickles down to the rest of the business community as tech startups and other entrepreneurs watch, copy and develop cheaper and more efficient systems to market.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In Eli Craig’s (Tucker & Dale vs Evil) newest outing, the real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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So the clown came out of him to be accepted, to be loved.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sequences like the ambulance chase recall the heyday of Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Silver movies, which Berk and Olsen tried to emulate while putting their own spin on the genre via the film’s unconventional protagonist.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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But if Barnes’s collection is a model to emulate, the saga of his organization is a lesson in founder’s-syndrome perils.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Among the innovations was Modern Meadow, a U.S.-based company founded in 2011 in Nutley, N.J., that has developed a material combining a soy protein structure and a nylon matrix to mimic closely the natural properties of collagen found in leather.—
Cristina Manfredi,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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In trials, pills that mimic the genetic variation that helps Amish live longer has done the same thing for mice.—
Charlie De Mar,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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