pantomime

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pantomime/ˈpantəmʌɪm/

▶noun

• 1 Brit. a theatrical entertainment involving music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy, usually produced around Christmas.

• 2 a dramatic entertainment in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.

• 3 a ridiculous or confused action or situation.

▶verb express or represent by extravagant and exaggerated mime.

– derivatives
pantomimic adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr. pantomime or L. pantomimus, from Gk pantomimos (see panto-, mime).