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Dumb show

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Noun
  1. 1
    A performance during which the players do not speak; mime. countable, uncountable

    "O it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe: […]"

  2. 2
    a performance using gestures and body movements without words wordnet
  3. 3
    The use of gesture in an attempt to convey meaning. countable, uncountable

    "The move is obviously pure piffle: a dumbshow designed to placate (or at least entertain) the conservative base while distracting and antagonising rivals."

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