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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
airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
By the close of their show, after having mimed chasing after the performance’s nonexistent plot, Tatarsky sat at the head of a table, facing the audience, eating Life cereal with milk, with their hands, out of an empty skull, and at one point chewed and swallowed a cigarette.
—Priscilla Posada, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
After a random stint as a mime in Paris, Rush got his big break in 1996, starring in Shine as the child-prodigy pianist David Helfgott.
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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
Verb
Angus and Elsbeth hit it off right away, moving quickly from miming to speaking on the phone.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
By the close of their show, after having mimed chasing after the performance’s nonexistent plot, Tatarsky sat at the head of a table, facing the audience, eating Life cereal with milk, with their hands, out of an empty skull, and at one point chewed and swallowed a cigarette.
—Priscilla Posada, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
Noun
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Social media content featuring rude hand gestures was scrubbed from the internet.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Boxes and cylinders and prisms can no longer do that, and the lone remaining expressive gesture is to Go Weird, as architects strain for enough distinctiveness to produce a landmark.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Life is not imitating art for The White Lotus stars Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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One example is the achievement of Heinz ketchup in validating its market dominance by showing how art imitates life, and AI imitates humans.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Hers was a fascinating circle of bohemians, which included Clara Martinetti, a pantomime comedian; Isabel Ginnett, a circus equestrian; and the tightrope walker Violet Bartram.—
Jennifer Wright,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Marina Walked so Chappell Roan could run (to see her set) While Marina walked around the Coachella stage, singing songs that made a pantomime of Tumblr girls’ deep feelings in the early 2010s, Chappell Roan raced to the front of the crowd.—
Emma Madden,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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Gaddis copied documents onto a flash drive and shared it with an unnamed intermediary, the lawsuit says, and the next day the Tampa Bay Times wrote about the plans.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Fans can also look forward to performances by the iconic Silver Spurs Quadrille, the adorable antics of kids competing in Mutton Bustin’, and plenty of laughs courtesy of the ever-entertaining rodeo clowns.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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His wife, Susan, a sweet woman with short grey hair, worked as a dental hygienist and performed as a clown named Jubilee at hospitals, nursing homes, parties — even the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
Verb
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The company is emulating a strategy recently put into place by rival Comcast.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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But this time Alcaraz emulated Novak Djokovic’s feat from the 2021 final at Roland-Garros, when the now 24-time major winner fought back from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas.—
Jerome Pugmire,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Think in terms of deepfakes, where video and audio can be created to mimic the real user.—
Skip Sanzeri,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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An additional 13 participants were assigned to placebo patches with Tabasco sauce to mimic the itch of entering worms.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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