pantomime

Haldane acknowledged this "pantomime" had also happened under previous governments, adding that the "budgetary process has been degraded over many years".

Then he pantomimed reeling in a fish and finding nothing on the hook.

One turns around slowly, pantomimes being shot, and carefully, deliberately, arches himself backward, clawing at the air before a stunt coordinator helps ease him toward a black mattress.

I saw a guy at the club who reminded me of a young Richard Pryor, doing pantomime and stuff that was really funny.

Putin’s longstanding strategy of stalling, playing for time, and engaging in pantomime negotiations may have backfired.