mime

[[t]ma͟ɪm[/t]]

mimes, miming, mimed

1) N-VAR 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...

Pupils presented a mime and puppet show.

...a mime artist.

2) VERB If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech.

[V n/-ing] It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework...

[V n/-ing] I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning. [Also V]

3) VERB If you mime, you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from a record or cassette.

Richey's not miming, he's playing very quiet guitar...

[V n] In concerts, the group mime their songs...

[V to n] The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox.