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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
Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
The actors were mimes who were in costume, while the background plates were shot in Africa.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Think back to that preseason finale, when Dart went viral for miming the hurry-up motion to get him out of the medical tent quickly.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Later, half of them mime shooting the others, who are retreating with their hands up.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
The actors were mimes who were in costume, while the background plates were shot in Africa.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Artist mourned the silent era by miming through the Oscars, while La La Land and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turned failure into choreography.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Think back to that preseason finale, when Dart went viral for miming the hurry-up motion to get him out of the medical tent quickly.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
Noun
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However, Minaj’s decision was met with pushback from more than 91,000 critics who signed a petition to deport the 43-year-old performer to Trinidad and Tobago, where she was born and raised before relocating to the Bronx.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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By night, Storrie, then in a black satin Giuliva Heritage ensemble with a watch and diamonds by Chanel, landed on the cobblestone driveway at Chateau Marmont for Chanel’s Coco Crush campaign launch celebration, headlined by Gracie Abrams and performer Lily Allen.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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By integrating vision, audio, and language, IntEngine enables Nylo to coordinate speech, facial expressions, and gestures in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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James said while walking through the venue, imitating her excitement.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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When anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois took over CBS Evening News last year, part of the network’s strategy was to imitate a local news format, with a genial cast of personalities reporting from the field.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Trafalgar also has entities that produce pantomimes, distribute live event cinema and sell tickets in the West End.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Talk of a solution—of two states, of a confederation, of nearly any prospect for a secure and free mode of coexistence—has long been dismissed as either an ingenuous assertion of faith or a cynical pantomime, an empty gesture toward a future no one expects to see.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This, however, poses a major problem in other fields, as the data cannot be copied without corrupting it.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Court decisions, state laws and licensing contracts are other sources of protection against a team’s name and logo being copied without consent.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Snag it in black to emulate Aniston or choose from four other versatile colors including burgundy and heather gray.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Because if Philly can emulate any of its offensive firepower from a season ago, its defense is absolutely still a championship-caliber one.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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An onboard synthesizer manipulates a small set of core sounds to mimic everything from the roar of a jet plane to the flushing of a toilet through a little speaker in the Brick.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Jan. 2026
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The brand also offers its own line of long-lasting polish that, when paired with its Magic Finish Top Coat, mimics the appearance and wearability of gel polish without having to use a UV lamp.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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