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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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During live shoots, however, background actors stay silent and mime their conversations, “a skill set in and of itself,” Gemmill says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Williams would look into the camera, mime taking a drag from a cigarette, throw her head back and say, “I have lived!”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

The Belfast comedian does not speak in the hour-long show until the very end, instead relying on mime, music and audience participation.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

He kept shouting out the answer he was trying to mime, but it turned out he was really good at Monopoly.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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