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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIME, n. A buffoon. [See Mimic.]
1. A kind of dramatic farce.
MIME, v.i. To mimic, or play the buffoon. [See Mimic.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist]
2: a performance using gestures and body movements without words [syn: mime, pantomime, dumb show] v
1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" [syn: mimic, mime]
2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: mime, pantomime]

Merriam Webster's

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Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin mimus, from Greek mimos Date: 1616 1. an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner 2. a. an actor in a mime b. one that practices mime 3. mimic 2 4. pantomime 3 II. verb (mimed; miming) Date: 1728 intransitive verb to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words transitive verb 1. mimic 2. to act out in the manner of a mime • mimer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, etc. by gesture and expression without using words. 2 a theatrical performance using this technique. 3 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a simple farcical drama including mimicry. 4 (also mime artist) a practitioner of mime. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) convey (an idea or emotion) by gesture without words. 2 intr. (often foll. by to) (of singers etc.) mouth the words of a song etc. along with a soundtrack (mime to a record). Derivatives: mimer n. Etymology: L mimus f. Gk mimos

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mime Mime, n. [L. mimus, Gr. ?, akin to ? to imitate, to mimic: cf. F. mime. Cf. Mimosa.] 1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner. 2. An actor in such representations.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mime Mime, v. i. To mimic. [Obs.] -- Mim"er, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mimes, miming, mimed) 1. Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech. Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions... ...a mime artist. N-VAR 2. If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech. It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework... I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning. VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing, also V 3. If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a CD or cassette. Richey's not miming, he's playing very quiet guitar... In concerts, the group mime their songs... The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox. VERB: V, V n, V to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mimic.

Moby Thesaurus

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