A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime
A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, and fairy-tale plots
The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work
One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist
A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
If you say that a situation or a person's behaviour is a pantomime, you mean that it is silly or exaggerated and that there is something false about it. They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures = farce
A situation where a performer relies totally on gesture, facial expression, and movement, rather than speech, for enactment of his material