Dumb show Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words
    mime; pantomime.

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Definitions
  1. . (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise." Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show.

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