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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
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
After the news broke, Sanders, selected by the Browns with the 144th overall pick in the fifth round, appeared to be joking with reporters about it and pretended to be a mime while reporters tried to get his thoughts on the team's QB move.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Think back to that preseason finale, when Dart went viral for miming the hurry-up motion to get him out of the medical tent quickly.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Noun
When asked whether Shedeur would take snaps in the game, Shilo responded with his brother's viral mime routine.
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The Artist mourned the silent era by miming through the Oscars, while La La Land and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turned failure into choreography.
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The 30-year-old from Venezuela pitched out of the bullpen early on but has been a steady performer and mostly a reliable winner since moving into the rotation exclusively in 2022.—
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The episode is the first of the new year, returning from the holiday break with A$AP Rocky in his debut as an SNL musical performer.—
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But the gesture may be more symbolic than practical, since the ordinance could be difficult to enforce if passed, according to the county’s attorney.—
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This is a childhood that had all its ordinariness burned out of it by the linking of even seemingly trivial gestures (an offering of candy, a bath, a swim, the dust in a corner of a room) to an entire array of physical and mental agonies.—
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James said while walking through the venue, imitating her excitement.—
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When anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois took over CBS Evening News last year, part of the network’s strategy was to imitate a local news format, with a genial cast of personalities reporting from the field.—
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McKnight has seen different generations of the same families grow up watching his shows, and explains that pantomime is often the first time that children in Britain ever visit the theater.—
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No single person, or set of people, is responsible, but the atmosphere feeds off everyone who participates in the weekly pantomime that is Arsenal: fans, players, management, media… everyone.—
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This, however, poses a major problem in other fields, as the data cannot be copied without corrupting it.—
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Court decisions, state laws and licensing contracts are other sources of protection against a team’s name and logo being copied without consent.—
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
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Snag it in black to emulate Aniston or choose from four other versatile colors including burgundy and heather gray.—
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Because if Philly can emulate any of its offensive firepower from a season ago, its defense is absolutely still a championship-caliber one.—
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The exercises mimicked the demands of difficult backcountry missions.—
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The company is currently redesigning its website to mimic the ease of in-store shopping.—
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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