mime

noun

• 1the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.
• a theatrical performance or part of a performance using mime.
• an action or set of actions intended to convey the idea of another action or an idea or feeling:he performed a brief mime of someone fencing
• a practitioner of mime or a performer in a mime.

• 2(in ancient Greece and Rome) a simple farcical drama including mimicry.

verb

• use gesture and movement without words in the acting of (a play or role).
• convey an impression of (an idea or feeling) by gesture and movement, without using words; mimic (an action or set of actions) in this way:he stands up and mimes throwing a spear