pantomime
noun
the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
pantomimic
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a word derived from
pantomime.
Example Sentences
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Dallas McMurray’s artfully animated performing of the childlike pantomimic gestures that thread through the dance occasionally prompted audience laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“It’s loose-limbed. It’s a pantomimic kind of movement, and it’s usually comic by nature. It’s essentially wrapped around the character.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2019
And Buki Shiff’s bright, pantomimic costumes smartly traveled time, morphing the 16th century into the 19th.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
Out go the opera's pantomimic spectacle, big processions and trios of boys and ladies.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2011
"They practiced the pantomimic representation of the death, burial, and resurrection of God"—Christ the Spirit.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
