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mime

nounfeminine/ˈmi.mi.kɐ/medium

mi·mi·ca

Definition

The art or technique of expressing thoughts, feelings, or actions through gestures and body movements, without using words.
Street actors used mime to tell stories.
In the game of mime, you have to guess the word from gestures alone.
Common collocations
to perform mimemime languagegame of mime

Etymology

Do francês *mimique*, do grego *mimikós* (relativo à imitação).

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