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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
Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The rest of the class quickly grows bored with this whole pantomime.
—Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Yet not a sound emerges from the baying mob, which has been instructed to pantomime their appreciation noiselessly.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Andrews, 18, rehearsing to play the lead role in Cinderella at the London Palladium pantomime.
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As Huff ran down the line, Bochy pumped his arms while pantomiming the Herman Munster trot.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomime
Noun
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
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By integrating vision, audio, and language, IntEngine enables Nylo to coordinate speech, facial expressions, and gestures in real time.—
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When asked whether Shedeur would take snaps in the game, Shilo responded with his brother's viral mime routine.—
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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.—
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The Hurricanes also signed six freshman defensive backs this cycle in JJ Dunnigan, Camdin Portis, Jaelen Waters, Cortez Redding, Brody Jennings and Jontavius Wyman.—
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If a player chooses not to negotiate with the Panthers, that player will be unable to sign elsewhere, unless Carolina relinquishes his rights by not offering him a tender.—
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However, Minaj’s decision was met with pushback from more than 91,000 critics who signed a petition to deport the 43-year-old performer to Trinidad and Tobago, where she was born and raised before relocating to the Bronx.—
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By night, Storrie, then in a black satin Giuliva Heritage ensemble with a watch and diamonds by Chanel, landed on the cobblestone driveway at Chateau Marmont for Chanel’s Coco Crush campaign launch celebration, headlined by Gracie Abrams and performer Lily Allen.—
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The team motioned but stayed in punt formation.—
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Strange, though, motioned inside to help block an all-out Denver blitz.—
Noun
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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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“Pantomime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantomime. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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