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as in gesture
a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling
the game requires that you use pantomime to communicate an idea
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as in mime
an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements
in ancient Rome pantomimes performed tragic love stories
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Recent Examples of pantomime
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
Performance The best part of putting on a pantomime is performing it.
—The Week Junior, theweek, 21 Dec. 2024
A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
After calmly letting Larry extrapolate, Jerry pantomimes a short beep.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Crossroads pantomimes has a huge warehouse where sets are built.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
Performance The best part of putting on a pantomime is performing it.
—The Week Junior, theweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
And so a lot of overqualified actors keep getting stuck pantomiming her presence, deliberately evoking Ripley while reminding us what the series lost when its star finally put the feverish space chases behind her.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
After calmly letting Larry extrapolate, Jerry pantomimes a short beep.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomime
Noun
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Several subreddits banned links to X after the tech billionaire made a Nazi salute-like gesture at a Trump inauguration event.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 2019, media outlet Genius produced a video noting that while NLE Choppa and YoungBoy Never Broke Again use the term and gesture, it was first popularized by Young Thug.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The message, transmitted close to the audience as dancers Jessica Fiala and Tamara Nadel mime a slow-motion, rolling of dice, is crystal clear: There are consequences to gambling with karma.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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This, plus pitch-perfect line readings and a simple mime of holding a steering wheel, are all Larson needs to drop the audience right there in the car with him.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However, Schreiner was ruled ineligible to compete for RIT after the NCAA revised its gender eligibility policy Feb. 6, one day after Trump signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Henderson has a knee-dominant running gait which reportedly prevented Sir Alex Ferguson signing him for Manchester United.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Soto motioned for Torrens to advance to third, but Diaz was able to make the throw to third baseman Isaac Paredes in plenty of time.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lambert motioned for a mistrial early Tuesday, saying Gary Police Sgt.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Parsons called him a jealous clown, in so many words.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2025
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Who was the biggest Death of a Unicorn class clown?—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Pantomime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantomime. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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