Associations to the word «Pantomime»
Verb
Wiktionary
PANTOMIME, noun. (now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
PANTOMIME, noun. (historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
PANTOMIME, noun. (UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.]
PANTOMIME, noun. Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]
PANTOMIME, verb. (transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.
PANTOMIME, verb. (transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.
PANTOMIME HORSE, noun. A comic theatrical representation of a horse, portrayed by two actors in a single costume who cooperate and synchronize their movements.
PANTOMIME HORSES, noun. Plural of pantomime horse
Dictionary definition
PANTOMIME, noun. A performance using gestures and body movements without words.
PANTOMIME, verb. Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.