mime

Noun

• a performance using gestures and body movements without words

• an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

Verb

• act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
  • The acting students mimed eating an apple
    

• imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
  • The actor mimicked the President very accurately
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pantomime , dumb show , mimer , mummer , pantomimer , pantomimist , mimic