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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mime .
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Examples
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The best moment last night was when Robin mimed the gunshot to the head and Barney wiped off the carnage.
'HIMYM': More than words to show I feel...that this is my favorite video of the week | EW.com 2009
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Gil pulled the cigar out of his shirt pocket and mimed his need of a light to Masters.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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Contestants stand below a French Quarter balcony and shout to Stanley and/or Stella at the top of their lungs except for a mime who came in second one year and mimed "STELLAAAAA" at the top of his eyebrows.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Festival Celebrates His 100th Birthday Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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Contestants stand below a French Quarter balcony and shout to Stanley and/or Stella at the top of their lungs except for a mime who came in second one year and mimed "STELLAAAAA" at the top of his eyebrows.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Festival Celebrates His 100th Birthday Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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Contestants stand below a French Quarter balcony and shout to Stanley and/or Stella at the top of their lungs except for a mime who came in second one year and mimed "STELLAAAAA" at the top of his eyebrows.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Festival Celebrates His 100th Birthday Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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Well, not literally -- but I was gazing at a fat Zenith with wooden legs when he mimed "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on American Bandstand in 1980, then peculiarly told Dick Clark he played "a thousand" instruments.
Gregory Weinkauf: Happy Birthday to Prince! Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Employing one of London's brainiest chefs, Blueprint Café's Jeremy Lee, as "cookery consultant" has meant that, though the preparation of food is mimed, every knife stroke, whisk flick and thwack of an omelet pan is the correct gesture; there can never have been a movement director with more to do than Aline David in this production.
As Fresh as the First Day Paul Levy 2011
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Well, not literally -- but I was gazing at a fat Zenith with wooden legs when he mimed "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on American Bandstand in 1980, then peculiarly told Dick Clark he played "a thousand" instruments.
Gregory Weinkauf: Happy Birthday to Prince! Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Gil pulled the cigar out of his shirt pocket and mimed his need of a light to Masters.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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Contestants stand below a French Quarter balcony and shout to Stanley and/or Stella at the top of their lungs except for a mime who came in second one year and mimed "STELLAAAAA" at the top of his eyebrows.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Festival Celebrates His 100th Birthday Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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