English-Finnish translations for pantomime

• pantomiimi

Definition of pantomime

• A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
• The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
• Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.
• To make without speaking
• To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.

Examples

• I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.

Related words

• pantomimic
• orthopantomogram
• pantomimer