- 1[uncountable, countable] (especially in the theater) the use of movements of your hands or body and the expressions on your face to tell a story or to act something without speaking; a performance using this method of acting The performance consisted of dance, music, and mime. a mime artist She performed a brief mime.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- 2an actor who performs mime
Check pronunciation: mime