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Pantomime : (noun)
1: a performance using gestures and body movements without
words [syn: mime, dumb show]
(verb)
1: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: mime]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pantomime : \Pan"to*mime\, n. [F., fr. L. pantomimus, Gr. ?, lit.,
all-imitating; ?, ?, all _ ? to imitate: cf. It. pantomimo.
See Mimic.]
1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also,
any actor. [Obs.]
2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only,
without speaking; a pantomimist.
[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could
follow the performance from the action alone.
--Tylor.
3. A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb
show; hence, dumb show, generally.
4. A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb
acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing
by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pantomime : \Pan"to*mime\, a.
Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a
pantomime dance.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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