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dumb show

noun

1 dumb show

A performance using gestures and body movements without words.

synonyms: mime, pantomime.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Dutch: gebarenkunst, mimiek
Polish: mim, mimodram, pantomima


Moby thesaurus: acting, aping, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, characterization, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, imitation ... show more.

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