MIME


Meaning of MIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ maɪm ]

( 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

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