mime
/maɪm/
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obsolete/miːm/
mime noun: a form of acting without words; pantomime.
Noun
mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- [Silence] demands returning to the self, to innocence and a portrayal of situations as if all the particulars were completely unknown to the viewer. There are no props but the muscular versatility of the human form. Mime is the one thing that truly proves we can be all things.1977 April 23, Arlene Silva, “Suzanne Fox's Silent Stories”, in Gay Community News, page 10
- A pantomime actor.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
- A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
Verb
mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)
- To mimic.
- To act without words.
- To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
- In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.
Proper noun capitalized: MIME
MIME
- Acronym of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (“an Internet standard that extends the formatting and content capabilities of email”).
mime meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mime in Hindi
- माइम, माईम
mime in Tamil
- மைம், மைமே, மைம் செய்ய
mime in Marathi
- माइम, माईम
mime in Urdu
- مائیم, مائم
More languagesFewer languages
- mime in Bengali
- বহুরূপী bohurupi
- mime in Telugu
- మైమ్, మిమే, మైమ్ చెయ్యడానికి
- mime in Kannada
- ಮೈಮ್
- mime in Punjabi
- ਮਾਈਮ, ਮਾਇਮ, ਮਾਈਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- mime in Gujarati
- માઇમ, માઈમ, માઇમ કરવા માટે
- mime in Odia
- ମାଇମ୍, ମାଇମ, ମାଇମ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- mime in Nepali
- माइम, माईम, माइम गर्न
- mime in Thai
- ละครใบ้
Examples of mime in a sentence
- While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.
- Whiteface is sometimes worn by clowns and mimes, or in the Gothic subculture.
- Another nonconformist aesthetic, Clowncore, emulates the style of clowns, mimes, and jesters.
Forms of mime
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mimes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mimes |
| present participle | miming |
| past participle | mimed |
| past | mimed |
Origin of mime
Possibly from Middle English mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.
Words formed from mime
Words that rhyme with mime
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Questions about mime
- What does mime mean?
- Mime means a form of acting without words; pantomime.
- What is mime in Hindi?
- Mime in Hindi is माइम, माईम. See Mime meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mime?
- Mime can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mime?
- Mime is pronounced /maɪm/.
- What is the plural of mime?
- The plural of mime is mimes.
Words near mime in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mime (page history and authors); MIME (page history and authors); mime (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mime (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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