pan·to·mime
ˈpan-tə-ˌmīm 
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2
a
: an ancient Roman dramatic performance featuring a solo dancer and a narrative chorus
b
: any of various dramatic or dancing performances in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers
a ballet that is part dance and part pantomime
c
: a British theatrical entertainment of the Christmas season based on a nursery tale and featuring topical songs, tableaux, and dances
3
a
: conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance
b
: the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements only
pantomimed; pantomiming
: to engage in pantomime
: to represent by pantomime
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Examples of pantomime in a Sentence
Noun
In the game of charades, one player uses pantomime to represent a word or phrase that the other players have to try to guess.
We saw pantomimes at the fair.
a ballet that is part dance and part pantomime
Verb
He pantomimed someone talking on the phone.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
During the war, the late Queen spent the holiday there with her family, famously staging pantomimes each year in an attempt to keep morale high.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 June 2024
And so a lot of overqualified actors keep getting stuck pantomiming her presence, deliberately evoking Ripley while reminding us what the series lost when its star finally put the feverish space chases behind her.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
During the war, the late Queen spent the holiday there with her family, famously staging pantomimes each year in an attempt to keep morale high.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
Tatum replied, rhetorically, while smiling and pantomiming a basketball shot.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 June 2024
And so a lot of overqualified actors keep getting stuck pantomiming her presence, deliberately evoking Ripley while reminding us what the series lost when its star finally put the feverish space chases behind her.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Pantomime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pantomime. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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