pantomime
noun
[ ˈpantəmʌɪm ]
• a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas.
• "a pantomime villain"
• a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.
• an absurdly exaggerated piece of behaviour.
• "he made a pantomime of checking his watch"
pantomime
verb
• express or represent by exaggerated mime.
• "they pantomimed picking up dropped food"
Origin:
late 16th century (first used in the Latin form and denoting an actor using mime): from French pantomime or Latin pantomimus, from Greek pantomimos ‘imitator of all’ (see panto-, mime).
