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mime /mīm/ noun- A play without dialogue, relying solely on movement, expression, etc
- An actor in such a play (also mime artist)
- (in ancient Greek and Roman theatre) a farcical play making great use of flamboyant gesture and facial expression
- An actor in such a farce
- Acting without words
- A mimic
- A buffoon
transitive verb and intransitive verb- To act as a mime
- To move the mouth in time to recorded singing, giving the illusion of a live performance
- To make the movements involved in the performing of a specific activity, eg as a clue in guessing-games
- To mimic
ORIGIN: Gr mīmos a mime, mīmēsis imitation, mīmētēs an imitator mīmˈer noun mimesis /mim- or mīm-ēˈsis/ noun - Imitation or representation in art
- The rhetorical use of a person's supposed or imaginable words
- Simulation of one disease by another (medicine)
- Mimicry (biology)
mimeˈster noun mimetˈic or mimetˈical /mim- or mīm-/ adjective - Imitative
- Mimic
- Of, relating to or displaying mimicry, mimesis or miming
mimetˈically adverb mimetite /mimˈi- or mīmˈi-/ noun A mineral, lead arsenate and chloride (from its resemblance to pyromorphite) mimic /mimˈik/ noun - A person who imitates, esp someone who performs in ludicrous imitation of others' speech and gestures
- A mime-actor (obsolete)
- An unsuccessful imitator or imitation
- A plant or animal exemplifying mimicry
adjective- Miming (obsolete)
- Imitative
- Mock or sham
transitive verb (mimˈicking; mimˈicked)- To imitate, esp in ridicule or so as to incur ridicule
- To ape
- To produce an imitation of
- To resemble deceptively
mimical /mimˈ/ adjective (obsolete) mimˈicker noun mimicry /mimˈ/ noun - The skill, practice or act of mimicking
- The adoption by one species of the colour, habits, sound or structure of another species, either for camouflage or to deceive a third species into confusing them (biology and zoology)
mīmogˈrapher noun A writer of mimes mīmogˈraphy noun Mīˈmus noun The mockingbird genus mock /mok/ transitive verb- To deride
- To scoff at derisively
- To make fun of
- To mimic in ridicule
- To simulate
- To defy, tantalize, disappoint, deceive, disparage, or make a fool of as if in mockery (figurative)
intransitive verb- To jeer
- To scoff
- To speak or behave insincerely or disparagingly
noun- Ridicule
- A bringing into ridicule
- A scoff
- A mockery
- A thing mocked
- (esp in pl) a practice examination taken at school as a preparation for a public examination
adjective- Sham
- False
- Resembling, or accepted as a substitute for, the true or real thing
ORIGIN: OFr mocquer; origin uncertain mockˈable adjective Worthy of derision mockˈage noun (obsolete) mockˈer noun mockˈery noun - Derision
- Ridicule
- A subject of ridicule
- Mimicry
- Imitation, esp a contemptible or insulting imitation
- False show
- Insulting or ludicrous futility
mockˈing noun and adjective mockˈingly adverb mock-heroˈic adjective In exaggerated imitation of the heroic style noun - A mock-heroic composition
- (in pl) mock-heroic verses
- (in pl) sham heroic utterances or behaviour
mock-heroˈical adjective mock-heroˈically adverb mockˈingbird noun Any of several American birds (genus Mimus) of the thrush family, that mimic other birds' songs and other sounds, esp Mimus polyglottos of the USA and Mexico mockˈingthrush noun A thrasher mock-modˈest adjective mock-modˈesty noun Sham modesty mock moon noun A paraselene, or bright spot in the moon's halo, 22º to the right or left of the moon, due to refraction from ice crystals floating vertically mock orange noun - A tall shrub (Philadelphus, commonly called syringa) of the saxifrage family with strong-scented flowers
- A kind of cherry laurel (US)
mock privet noun A shrub (genus Phillyrea) related to privet mock sun noun A parhelion or spot in the sun's halo mock turtle soup noun An imitation of turtle soup, made of calf's head or veal mockˈ-up noun - A full-size dummy model
- A rough layout of a printed text, package, etc showing size, colour, etc
- A fabrication
mocks the pauses (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra V.1) Perh, throws away the opportunities given by the pauses put the mockers on (slang) To put an end to, put paid to |