(n.) A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
(n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.
(n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
(n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
(a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest No shake: Donald Trump snubs Angela Merkel during photo op The piece of pantomime was in stark contrast to the visit of Theresa May in January.
(2) Defects in pantomime recognition always occurred in conjunction with reading defects of at least comparable severity, but reading defects sometimes occurred without comparable defects in pantomime recognition.
(3) Martin pantomimes the motion, holing up his fingers dramatically, and Malhotra chimes in with a “ding!” when the phantom bullet falls.
(4) Findings suggest that whether an aphasic with a language comprehension defect is impaired in sound recognition or pantomime recognition depends, at least in part, on individually variable predisposing factors.
(5) Even if that means poking the front half of the pantomime horse where it hurts.
(6) Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "It's pantomime season and the government joins in.
(7) Messages of two types (pantomime and emblem) were presented under four conditions (spoken message alone, spoken message repeated, gestured message alone, and spoken message plus redundant gesture).
(8) To investigate these issues, 24 psychotic children were required to represent absent objects (e.g., toothbrush) via pantomime after receiving verbal instructions or instructions accompanied by a model demonstrating the pantomime.
(9) And yet social care still finds itself very much the back half of the health-and-care pantomime horse.
(10) He called his pressure group founded to rid society of the evil of cake 'FUCKD and BOMBD' he described the effects of cake in lurid, pantomime terms that wouldn't have convinced a 14-year-old ingenue.
(11) While describing mimic and pantomimic aspects in depressive patients, the author points out how these features can often be found clearly reproduced in the paintings of artists.
(12) The pantomime came to an end and the cast departed Finally, in another plug for Guardians Of The Galaxy, Feige introduced a video of Chris Pratt and director James Gunn who accidentally on purpose revealed that a sequel has already received the green light and will open through Disney, as all Marvel films do, on 28 July 2017.
(13) Defects in sound recognition and pantomime recognition were found in association with a variety of lesion loci.
(14) We shouldn’t be passive onlookers to Trump’s pantomime presidency any longer.
(15) While the three language measures were strongly correlated with each other, auditory comprehension was the only one of them that was significantly and consistently related to the pantomime tests.
(16) Only Eurovision could offer up such a song: a plea for ethnic tolerance, cunningly disguised as an Abba track with the offcuts from a pantomime.
(17) Reed had said he would abstain because “it was a pantomime proposition and parliament at its most pointless”.
(18) This paper addresses the issue of the separability of disorders of sign language from disorders of gesture and pantomime.
(19) The BBC presenter confided to the Radio Times that he shares widespread public disdain for the "tawdry pretences" of modern politicians and the "green-bench pantomime" of Westminster politics.
(20) An earlier search, led by Crosby, became a pantomime as Tony Ball, the former Sky boss, made huge pay demands and the board was split over whether to meet them.
Pantomimist
Definition:
(n.) An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.