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Meanings of mime in English
An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
Synonyms
Examples for "mummer"
Examples for "mummer"
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Truly, I shall be glad to get quit of this heartless mummer.
2
He is more likely some fool or mummer pretending as a favor.
3
Not a mummer has stalked forth; not an auditor sits waiting.
4
They say you want to give your daughter in marriage to a mummer.
5
They remained there for some time, still as a mummer's tableau.
1
Another is resigned, a perfect mimer, but stupid.
2
Then Mimer stepped up to the armor and touched it with his foot.
3
It is this wisdom that Mimer keeps in his fountain.-NorseMythology, p 209.
4
Mimer's friends, and the great king, too, joined in the applause.
5
One day Mimer came into the shop and sat down beside Siegfried's anvil.
1
Even the poor pantomimist of Drury Lane felt himself his superior.
2
Interview with Marcel Marceau, the French pantomimist, who is at the Barrymore Theatre.
3
Gratitude is undoubtedly a thing that should not be attempted by the amateur pantomimist.
4
Thanks, however, to his lessons, she quickly became an excellent musician, pantomimist, and dancer.
5
The tickets were to see a famed international pantomimist.
1
Just like one of those pantomimers.
Usage of mime in English
1
In theatrical circles, respect for this 63-year-old dancer-mime-actor-choreographer-director has reached critical mass.
2
Photo: Gaumont Monsieur Chocolat plays to the French obsession with traditional mime.
3
The objects of the mime's attentions clearly did not appreciate his act.
4
He has no signature post-goal mime conveying support for a bespoke charity.
5
Absolutely refuse to engage with him if he doesn't mime jovially along.
6
She stopped and threw her arms wide - aperfectmime of surprise.
7
I have to mime the function of every pill in my toilet-bag.
8
The mime tosses his imaginary braids and minced back to his platform.
9
Boston-born David Shiner started his career as a street mime in Paris.
10
Nick opened and closed his mouth several times in a mime jabbering.
11
I looked like a ghost being molested by a mad, drooling mime.
12
Resistance tells the unlikely story of famous French mime Marcel Marceau, war hero.
13
I can say, 'Yeah, good hit,' but this... To me, it's just mime.
14
The speech and drama class includes mime and movement, improvisation and stage craft.
15
There the mime and the dancing girl put forth their feats.
16
Trotter and Megos mime the beta for a powerful route in the Frankenjura.
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Mime through the time
Mime across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common