If you make a motion with your hands to indicate eating ice cream, you are using pantomime. Parents often use this wordless communication to try to keep things from the kids. Unfortunately, the kids usually catch on quickly especially if there is ice cream involved.
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
Noun
a performance using gestures and body movements without words
Verb
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
n.
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts;
also, any actor.
n.
One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show
only, without speaking; a pantomimist.
n.
A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb
show; hence, dumb show, generally.
n.
A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb
acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown,
Harlequin, etc., are features.
a.
Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a
pantomime dance.
Pantomime
[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.3.
Pantomime
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic;
Usage Examples
I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.
Misspelled Formpantomime, opantomime, 0pantomime, lpantomime, oantomime, 0antomime, lantomime, poantomime, p0antomime, plantomime, pqantomime, pwantomime, psantomime, pzantomime, pqntomime, pwntomime, psntomime, pzntomime, paqntomime, pawntomime, pasntomime, pazntomime, pabntomime, pahntomime, pajntomime, pamntomime, pa ntomime, pabtomime, pahtomime, pajtomime, pamtomime, pa tomime, panbtomime, panhtomime, panjtomime, panmtomime, pan tomime, panrtomime, pan5tomime, pan6tomime, panytomime, pangtomime, panromime, pan5omime, pan6omime, panyomime, pangomime, pantromime, pant5omime, pant6omime, pantyomime, pantgomime, pantiomime, pant9omime, pant0omime, pantpomime, pantlomime, pantimime, pant9mime, pant0mime, pantpmime, pantlmime, pantoimime, panto9mime, panto0mime, pantopmime, pantolmime, pantonmime, pantojmime, pantokmime, panto,mime, panto mime, pantonime, pantojime, pantokime, panto,ime, panto ime, pantomnime, pantomjime, pantomkime, pantom,ime, pantom ime, pantomuime, pantom8ime, pantom9ime, pantomoime, pantomjime, pantomkime, pantomume, pantom8me, pantom9me, pantomome, pantomjme, pantomkme, pantomiume, pantomi8me, pantomi9me, pantomiome, pantomijme, pantomikme, pantominme, pantomijme, pantomikme, pantomi,me, pantomi me, pantomine, pantomije, pantomike, pantomi,e, pantomi e, pantomimne, pantomimje, pantomimke, pantomim,e, pantomim e, pantomimwe, pantomim3e, pantomim4e, pantomimre, pantomimse, pantomimde, pantomimw, pantomim3, pantomim4, pantomimr, pantomims, pantomimd, pantomimew, pantomime3, pantomime4, pantomimer, pantomimes, pantomimed.
Other Usage ExamplesMy dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us.
Comments