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pan·to·mime
 pantomime
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- pronunciation:
- paen
t
maIm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a type of play in which stories are by told by gestures and facial expressions. Talking is not allowed in pantomime.
- similar words:
- mime
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definition 2: |
telling something by the use of gesture, without words.
She did a pantomime to let us know she would be off the phone in a minute. |
related words: |
clown, gesture, mimic |
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
pantomimes, pantomiming, pantomimed |
definition: |
to tell by gestures, and without words.
The actor pantomimed a man eating. |
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