mime

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mime/mʌɪm/

▶noun

• 1 the expression of action, character, or emotion by gesture and movement and without words, especially as a form of theatrical performance.

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

▶verb

• 1 use mime to act out (a play or role).

• 2 pretend to sing or play an instrument as a recording is being played.

– derivatives
mimer noun.

– origin C17: from L. mimus, from Gk mimos.