Pantomime
WordNet
noun
(1) A performance using gestures and body movements without words
verb
(2) Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
"The acting students mimed eating an apple"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Circa 17th century, from from from + .
Noun
- a traditional Christmas entertainment, mostly for children.
- A type of entertainment where players act out ideas or express themselves without the use of their voices, sometimes to musical accompaniment.
- A derivation or copy of a performance whose execution is insufficient, facile, etc.
- His speech was but a pantomime of his opponent's.