noun🔗ShareA Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime."The pantomime entertained the children with silly gestures and exaggerated movements. "entertainmentartculturepersonstageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work."The history class studied Roman entertainment, learning about the pantomime and its elaborately costumed actors who told stories through expressive movement and dance. "entertainmentartcultureliteraturehistorystageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots."The school's annual fundraising event featured a colorful pantomime about a brave knight rescuing a princess. "entertainmentculturearttraditionliteraturestageholidayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime."The teacher used a pantomime to show the students how to tie their shoelaces. "entertainmentartcommunicationstageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make (a gesture) without speaking."I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me."communicationlanguageactionentertainmentartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo entertain others by silent gestures or actions."The teacher asked the students to pantomime different jobs, like firefighters or doctors, without speaking. "entertainmentartactionstageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading