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Meanings of miming in English

Portuguese
mímica
Spanish
mímica
Catalan
mímica
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Occupation of performing artists known as mimes.

mímica
Usage of miming in English
1
Would that cool you off? She looked toward the ceiling, miming innocence.
Rock my world
2
Nobody is being cheated or swindled if the idols in question are miming.
The Guardian
3
She remembers vividly going into the garden afterwards and miming all the action.
The Guardian
4
By now, Frampton was miming something spasmodically to a new pedestrian.
Year Zero
5
I see the sock as a sort of chorus, miming a get-over-yourself critique.
The Guardian
6
The shadowy miming of Chopin's soul has nevertheless a significance for this generation.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
7
Mmmmm, she says, miming ecstasy with a roll of the eyes.
Those who save us
8
She sarged him, basically -kneeling down and miming giving him a blowjob.
The Guardian
9
Pop is the area of music most often reviled for its reliance on miming.
The Guardian
10
But he did this, Mancini said, miming a card being waved in the air.
Reuters
11
Ferris held out the shells in return, miming the transfer, and comprehension finally dawned.
Empire of Ivory
12
Sighs dramatically, miming disappointment, as she pulls the tattered shreds of normality back together.
The Rhesus Chart
13
Chadwick snapped his fingers, then put his hand to his ear, miming a phone.
Cold springs
14
Zu wraps her arms around herself, miming a big embrace.
In Time
15
Tori pulled at her hair, miming pigtails, her eyes questioning.
The blood that bonds
16
I saw her gripping her throat and miming a cough.
Exit wound
About this term
Translations for miming
Portuguese
mímica
Catalan
mímica
Miming through the time
Miming across language varieties
United States of America
Common