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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
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
One of the others mimed palming the girl’s rear while the third snapped a photo.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Noun
Back in Colombia in the 1990s, then-mayor Antanas Mockus replaced 1,800 traffic cops with just 20 mimes, who used silent performance to mock reckless drivers and praise good behavior.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
Someone inevitably ends up acting out a pineapple or accidentally miming their entire life story.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
One of the others mimed palming the girl’s rear while the third snapped a photo.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
Noun
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In an unprecedented diplomatic gesture, the United Kingdom’s royal family will welcome President Donald Trump for a second state visit this fall.—
Brendan Rascius
July 14,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Witnesses described two identical incidents in which a man approached two children, ages 4 and 6, and made inappropriate gestures at them before being chased away by witnesses, police said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
Verb
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Perhaps the Lake Bluff streakers heard of those at CLC and wanted to imitate them.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The park’s hub-and-spoke design has been copied by parks around the world, but the caliber of Disneyland’s craftsmanship wasn’t easily imitated.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
Noun
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One stuntman on New Amsterdam was directed to pantomime with me but refused.—
Jon Hart,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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It must be said, however, that the performance sensibility is somewhere between English pantomime and a Nickelodeon sitcom.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Lively’s team was also directed to make accommodations for Baldoni’s lawyers to print and copy documents.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Cartoon by Bruce Eric Kaplan Copy link to cartoon Copy link to cartoon Link copied Shop Shop Michael told me that his team was required to attempt to verify each target: examining video footage from drones, listening to telephone conversations.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Pepe the Frog became political, then hate symbol, during 2016 election The frog doodle in clown accessories that flashes in the video is known as Pepe the Frog, and its appearance in Trump's social media posts has sparked interest before.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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Visitors can take part in the action at the on-site museum where 700 pieces of clown memorabilia are displayed in every nook and cranny, some even suspended from the ceiling.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
Verb
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The luxury real estate development was designed to emulate the City of Lights, featuring its own Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, and a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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While these days a voice recognition computer often listens to the trainees’ commands and reacts to them in real time, the FAA also hires people to operate as pilots on the other end of the radio to better emulate real-life situations.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Typically, very young children are the ones who are most excited to mimic their parents and lend a hand with laundry.—
Christine Carrig,
The Atlantic,
21 July 2025
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Artificial tears and lubricants, which are sold over the counter in a variety of brands, mimic your own tears and help rewet the eyes.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
21 July 2025
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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