[
UK
/pˈɑːntəmˌaɪm/
]
[ US /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/ ]
[ US /ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/ ]
NOUN
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
VERB
-
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.
