Meaning of MIME
| Pronunciation: | | mIm
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- [n] a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- [n] an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
- [v] act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
- [v] imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), esp. for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
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| | Synonyms: | | dumb show, mimer, mimic, mummer, pantomime, pantomime, pantomimer, pantomimist |
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| | See Also: | | act, acting, actor, copy, histrion, imitate, Marceau, Marcel Marceau, panto, performing, play, playact, playacting, player, playing, role player, roleplay, simulate, thespian | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mime\, n. [L. mimus, Gr. ?, akin to ? to imitate, to
mimic: cf. F. mime. Cf. {Mimosa}.]
1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were
generally represented in a ridiculous manner.
2. An actor in such representations.
\Mime\, v. i.
To mimic. [Obs.] -- {Mim"er}, n.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or dreaming that you are a mime, suggests that you are having difficulties verbally communicating your thoughts and feelings across. Others around you may not understand your erratic behavior. You are trying to make light of how you really feel. |
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| | Related Terms: | | act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, actor, actress, antagonist, ape, appear, arlequinade, bad guy, barnstorm, barnstormer, beckon, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, come out, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas, comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation, comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief, conformist, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dark comedy, diseur, diseuse, dissembler, dissimulator, do, domestic comedy, dramatizer, echo, echoer, echoist, emote, emotionalize, enact, exode, faker, farce, farce comedy, feeder, foil, forger, genteel comedy, gesticulate, gesture, get top billing, harlequinade, heavy, high camp, histrio, histrion, hit off, hit off on, hypocrite, imitator, impersonate, impersonator, impostor, ingenue, juvenile, light comedy, low camp, low comedy, masquerade as, matinee idol, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mock, mocker, mockingbird, monkey, monologist, motion, motion to, mummer, musical, musical comedy, opera buffa, pantomime, pantomimist, parrot, pass for, patter, perform, personate, phony, plagiarist, play, play a part, play the lead, playact, playactor, player, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, pose as, poseur, pretend to be, protean actor, raw comedy, realistic comedy, reciter, register, romantic comedy, Roscius, satyr play, saw the air, sentimental comedy, sheep, shrug, shrug the shoulders, simulator, situation comedy, sketch, slapstick, slapstick comedy, soubrette, stage performer, stage player, star, steal the show, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, take off, take off on, Thalia, theatrical, thespian, tragicomedy, tread the boards, troupe, trouper, upstage, utility man, villain, wave the arms |
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