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mime (verb), mimes; mimed; miming
1. To act out without speaking but only with gestures, facial expressions and bodily movements: The young actors mimed as if they were eating apples.
2. To imitate a person, a manner, etc.; especially, for satirical effects: In their English class at school, Sally had to mime a painter and the other students had to guess whom she was trying to represent.
3. Etymology: "a buffoon who practices gesticulations" from, 1603, from French mime, from Latin mimus; from Greek mimos, "imitator, actor, buffoon".

The verb meaning "to act without words" is from 1616 and the sense of "to imitate" is from 1733.

To imitate the movements of someone to make fun of him or her.
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mimed
1. A style of performance in which people acted out situations or portrayed characters using only gestures, facial expressions, and actions.
2. A performer who did not speak, but relied solely on gestures, facial expressions, and actions to communicate with an audience.
3. In ancient Greek and Roman theater, it was a lewd comedy which included dialogues, dances, and gestures.