Dumb+show

  • 11dumb show — Synonyms and related words: acting, aping, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, characterization, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12dumb show — n. pantomime, mime show, show with bodily gestures only …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 13dumb show — noun Date: 1561 1. a part of a play presented in pantomime 2. signs and gestures without words ; pantomime …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14dumb show — noun A performance during which the players do not speak. 1602 Shakespeare, William, Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 2 …

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  • 15dumb-show — n. Pantomime …

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  • 16dumb show — noun (C, U) a performance or action in which you do not say anything, but instead use movements to express your meaning …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17dumb show — /ˈdʌm ʃoʊ/ (say dum shoh) noun 1. a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in the early English drama. 2. gesture without speech …

  • 18dumb show — noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words • Syn: ↑mime, ↑pantomime • Derivationally related forms: ↑pantomimist (for: ↑pantomime), ↑pantomime (for: ↑ …

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  • 19Dumb — Dumb, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. [1913 Webster] To unloose the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20Dumb ague — Dumb Dumb, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. [1913 Webster] To unloose… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English