Pantomime - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpæntəmaɪm|  American pronunciation of the word pantomime
Brit.  |ˈpæntəmæɪm|  British pronunciation of the word pantomime

noun

- a performance using gestures and body movements without words (syn: mime)

verb

- act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only (syn: mime)

Extra examples

In the game of charades, one player uses pantomime to represent a word or phrase that the other players have to try to guess.

We saw pantomimes at the fair.

He pantomimed someone talking on the phone.

Chaplin feared that the art of pantomime was under thread.

...a street festival featuring mummers in a pantomime...

Wasn't she in pantomime? Bet she knocked them.

Word forms

noun
singular: pantomime
plural: pantomimes
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