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[ UK /pˈɑːntəmˌa‍ɪm/ ]
[ US /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
VERB
  1. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
    The acting students mimed eating an apple

How To Use pantomime In A Sentence

  • At the bottom were the Théâtre de la Gaieté for pantomimes and harlequinades, the Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre for melodramas, and the Théâtre des Variétés for ‘little plays of the bawdy, vulgar or rustic genres'.
  • So the second half was a pantomime, all fun and frolics and not very serious at all. Times, Sunday Times
  • With a penetrable fourth wall, a spot of audience participation and plenty of gleeful nonsense, this is pantomime in all but dame.
  • Calne Players will be bringing all the fun and laughter of a pantomime to the town next week with their performance of Cinderella.
  • He pantomimed the machine squirting and snatching at his clothes. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
  • You sing along, making sure to pantomime your heart breaking.
  • A scholarly edition of the Obi pantomime is forthcoming from Romantic Circles, edited by Jeffrey N. Cox. About this Volume
  • Scores of wannabees thronged to the auditions for the York Theatre Royal pantomime, Babes In The Wood.
  • I've seen scarier pantomime horses. The Sun
  • The youthful energy and innovation have gone, and his choice of sport is problematic because wrestling is already a theatrical pantomime.
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