How to pronounce mime

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What mime means

noun

A performer who tells a story with movements and no words

In a sentence: The mime pretended to be stuck inside an invisible box.

Where it comes from: It most likely came from French, and it goes back to a Greek word meaning "imitator" or "actor."

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