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pantomime
has definitions from the fields of theater,performing arts
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[ verb ] (theater,performing arts) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
Synonyms Examples "The acting students mimed eating an apple" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)In the same way he pantomimed grasping a mantel and bouncing cleanly off that , pressing his hands against the floor and bouncing cleanly off that . |
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[ noun ] (theater) a performance using gestures and body movements without words
Used in print (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)Frederick_Seward said his father was sleeping , and then went through a pantomime at his father 's door , to prove the statement . |
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