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Word entry · 4 letters

mime

Best crossword clue

"Silent performer"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /maɪm/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eimmStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1M2I3M4E

Definitions

  1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.
  • In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

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