I. mime 1 /maɪm/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: mimus , from Greek mimos 'copier, mimic' ]
[uncountable and countable] the use of movements to express what you want to say without using words, or a play where the actors use only movements:
The children learn through role-play, dance and mime.
They will perform a short mime later.
a professional mime artist
II. mime 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]
1 . to describe or express something, using movements not words:
Stan put a finger to his mouth, miming ‘shush’.
mime doing something
Soundlessly, she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it.
2 . to pretend to play or sing a piece of music, without making any sound
mime to
Singers on television often mime to pre-recorded tapes.