Mime

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mime \Mime\, v. i.
     To mimic. [Obs.] -- {Mim"er}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Mime \Mime\, n. [L. mimus, Gr. ?, akin to ? to imitate, to
     mimic: cf. F. mime. Cf. {Mimosa}.]
     1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were
        generally represented in a ridiculous manner; an ancient
        Greek or Roman form of farce.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. An actor in such representations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The art of representing actions, events, situations, or
        stories solely by gestures and body movements, without
        speaking; pantomime[3].
        [PJC]
  
     4. An actor who performs or specializes in mime[3]; an actor
        who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
        expression; a pantomime[2]; a pantomimist; a mimer.
  
     Syn: mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist.
          [PJC]
  
     5. A mimic.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mime
       n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
            expression [syn: {mimer}, {mummer}, {pantomimer}, {pantomimist}]
       2: a performance using gestures and body movements without
          words [syn: {pantomime}, {dumb show}]
       v 1: imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), especially for satirical
            effect; "The actor mimicked the President very
            accurately" [syn: {mimic}]
       2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
          only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: {pantomime}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "mime":
     Roscius, Thalia, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out,
     actor, actress, antagonist, ape, appear, arlequinade, bad guy,
     barnstorm, barnstormer, beckon, black comedy, broad comedy,
     burlesque, burletta, camp, character, character actor,
     character man, character woman, child actor, come out,
     comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta,
     comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas,
     comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation,
     comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief, conformist,
     copier, copy, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dark comedy,
     diseur, diseuse, dissembler, dissimulator, do, domestic comedy,
     dramatizer, echo, echoer, echoist, emote, emotionalize, enact,
     exode, faker, farce, farce comedy, feeder, foil, forger,
     genteel comedy, gesticulate, gesture, get top billing,
     harlequinade, heavy, high camp, histrio, histrion, hit off,
     hit off on, hypocrite, imitator, impersonate, impersonator,
     impostor, ingenue, juvenile, light comedy, low camp, low comedy,
     masquerade as, matinee idol, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mock, mocker,
     mockingbird, monkey, monologist, motion, motion to, mummer,
     musical, musical comedy, opera buffa, pantomime, pantomimist,
     parrot, pass for, patter, perform, personate, phony, plagiarist,
     play, play a part, play the lead, playact, playactor, player,
     poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, pose as, poseur, pretend to be,
     protean actor, raw comedy, realistic comedy, reciter, register,
     romantic comedy, satyr play, saw the air, sentimental comedy,
     sheep, shrug, shrug the shoulders, simulator, situation comedy,
     sketch, slapstick, slapstick comedy, soubrette, stage performer,
     stage player, star, steal the show, stooge, straight man, stroller,
     strolling player, take off, take off on, theatrical, thespian,
     tragicomedy, tread the boards, troupe, trouper, upstage,
     utility man, villain, wave the arms
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  MIME
       Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC 2045/2046/2047/2048/2049,
       IETF)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  MIME
       
          {Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions}