pantomiming

verb

present participle of pantomime
as in gesturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomiming
  1. gesturing
  2. gesticulating
  3. miming
  4. signing
  5. waving
  6. motioning
  7. signaling
Verb
  • Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The novel also alludes to contemporary examples of violence in the country’s current, democratic system, gesturing to the ways in which brutality persists in Brazil as state and corporate power continue to commit violence with near impunity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of gesturing
Verb
  • Instead of ripping off his shirt, or wildly gesticulating, McTominay ran to the edge of the pitch with his hands facing down and his lips pursed.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • Imagery was multiplied to tell a story—the stentorian Mussolini, with his upraised chin and bald head, delivering a speech, or Hitler, with his toothbrush mustache, gesticulating.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of gesticulating
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  • Johnson jokes, miming a phone to her ear as Cherkovskiy puts his head in hands.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of miming
Verb
  • It was widely believed that Koval, 20, opted out in opposition to LSU’s signing 6-foot-5 Russian center Anna Minaeva, who previously played professionally for MBA Moscow.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There is an acknowledgement internally that signing Johnson in January was a costly mistake which hampered them in this window.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of signing
Verb
  • Cisneros then began waving the knives and moving toward officers, the commissioner said.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As officers approached the woman, Tisch said the woman repeatedly threatened to kill them, and began waving the knives at police.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of waving
Verb
  • The Mercyenforcer holds the Heartfiller in his fist, motioning me closer.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Hamrick said to his companion, motioning to a spot short of the summit.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of motioning
Verb
  • The National Sheriffs’ Association is dropping its opposition to landmark cryptocurrency legislation after spending months pushing back on it, signaling momentum ahead of a Senate vote later this month.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • London City Lionesses finished sixth last season but have signed two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, signalling a shift in the league’s status quo.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of signaling
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“Pantomiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantomiming. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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