MIME


Meaning of MIME in English

(~s, miming, ~d)

1.

Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech.

Music, ~ and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions...

...a ~ artist.

N-VAR

2.

If you ~ something, you describe or express it using ~ rather than speech.

It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall ~d a lot of dainty housework...

I remember asking her to ~ getting up in the morning.

VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing, also V

3.

If you ~, 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 ~ their songs...

The waiters ~ to records playing on the jukebox.

VERB: V, V n, V to n

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