US /maɪm/ UK /maɪm/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    acting using gesture and movement without speech; to perform thus

    The street performer mimed climbing an invisible ladder.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · acting using gesture and... mimicimitategesturepantomimeimpersonateape
Word family
Derived forms mimer
Related forms mimicmimicrypantomimemimesis

Etymology

From Latin mīmus, from Greek mîmos 'imitator, actor, mime', the ultimate origin of which is uncertain.

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