Pantomime

Definitions

1. A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
   Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable
3. A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots.
   UK, countable, uncountable
4. The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“[He] saw⟳ a pantomime perform⟳ so well that he could follow⟳ the performance from the action alone.”

“With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch⟳, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break⟳ in extraordinary circumstances.”

“Wilson is no stranger to pantoland: “I have⟳ fun memories of seeing pantomimes in Australia when I was a kid. They were on at our local Returned and Services League club – my relatives fought in the wars. My mum also said that when I was two, she took me to my first pantomime in Sydney.”

“A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.”

“In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling⟳ his spear and creep⟳ along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.”

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