pantomime : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pantomime	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pantomime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pantomime n a performance using gestures and body movements without words Synonym(s): mime, pantomime, dumb show v act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" Synonym(s): mime, pantomime
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pantomime \Pan"tomime\, a. Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime* dance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pantomime \Pan"tomime\, n. [F., fr. L. pantomimus, Gr. [?], lit., all-imitating; [?], [?], all + [?] to imitate: cf. It. pantomimo. See {Mimic}.] 1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. [Obs.] 2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist. [He] saw a pantomime* perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone. --Tylor. 3. A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally. 4. A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.