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mime

[mahym, meem] / maɪm, mim /
NOUN
an imitator
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NOUN
an imitation
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VERB
mimic
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STRONG


VERB
impersonate
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Antonyms
STRONG
be original


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Whereas a previous trailer for the movie featured jokes about electrocuting butts and how Mr. Mime is, well, a mime, the latest promotional video is 100% snark-free.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2019

Ravel’s marvelous opera of childhood fantasy — with characters such as China Cup, Dragon Fly, Louis XV Chair and Screech Owl — will be semi-staged by Robert Neu with the Magic Circle Mime Company.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2019

Take Mime et moi, which was founded by four men from Munich, Germany.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2017

Mime artist and early collaborator Lindsay Kemp revealed that, around the turn of the 70s, he had mooted the idea of bringing Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies to the stage.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2017

"Only leave me to myself," the Mime sobbed, moving his sore body.

From Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke




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