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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
Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Complementary wine and cheese in the lobby at 6 pm might feature a palm reader or mime for extra fun.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2023
Further footage sees the Grammy-winner miming an air guitar and dancing to the music while her NFL star boyfriend grooves along with her.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Holmes noted that the script also requires her to mime.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Complementary wine and cheese in the lobby at 6 pm might feature a palm reader or mime for extra fun.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
Most of us were able to chat and wander around in the virtual space together, but one person was stuck miming and occasionally pinging us in Slack.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2023
Further footage sees the Grammy-winner miming an air guitar and dancing to the music while her NFL star boyfriend grooves along with her.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
Noun
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At first, the dedicated mother saw the project as a simple, heartfelt gesture to create something meaningful for her son.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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There is also a potential scenario where an NBA player like Curry could reciprocate the gesture by participating in a similar shootout at next summer's WNBA All-Star Game.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But in non-biotech emerging industries, many billion-dollar entrepreneurs imitated the product but improved on the strategy.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia visits remains of his home lost in L.A. fire: 'Life imitating art' Garner indicated that her residence is still standing but that countless friends have lost their houses over the past week.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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For any other player, that brief celebration would be a pantomime of disbelief — after all, the dunk is the highest efficiency shot in the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Best player Emiliano Martinez has long been a pantomime villain in the Premier League.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Over two one-minute trials, the children were asked to stand and copy the whole-body, dance-like movements of a video avatar while two Kinect Xbox cameras recorded them.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Jan. 2025
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The fourth-year coach decided to copy that style for his team, and the change has contributed to White’s Mountaineers (8-10, 6-3) riding a five-game winning streak and sitting in a three-way tie for third in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with Marist (11-8, 6-3) and Siena (8-8, 6-3).—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Jan. 2025
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Some of his friends also collected drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads.—
Frank Rojas,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The buzziest piece unveiled for last year’s show consisted of two large inflatable clown heads squished between two buildings.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the team took plenty of inspiration from the classic, trying to emulate its strafe-heavy combat, and that shows up in how players have to dodge enemy projectiles almost like a shmup.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Appleton teamed up with Color Wow to create a hair mask that emulates the ultra shiny hair he’s known for creating on his starlet clients.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In my work, there’s always repetition of a single or multiple elements which mimic the process of growth.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Express Scripts began offering health plan customers a pricing model that mimics Cuban’s.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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