1. [UK] A Christmas theatrical performance involving slapstick comedy, colourful costumes, songs, dancing, jokes, gender-crossing actors and interaction with the audience
   "The local theatre put on a lively pantomime of Cinderella";
   - panto [UK, informal]
    
2. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
   "The pantomime artist performed a dumb show depicting a person trapped in an invisible box";
   - mime, dumb show
    
3. [Brit, informal] An absurd and confused situation or event
   "the launch turned into a pantomime"

1. Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
   "The acting students pantomimed eating an apple";
   - mime

Derived forms: pantomimed, pantomimes, pantomiming

Type of: act, acting, drama, dramatic play, performing, play, playact, playacting, playing, stage play, stageplay

Encyclopedia: Pantomime