Definition of Dumb show

1. Noun. A performance using gestures and body movements without words.

Exact synonyms: Mime, Pantomime
Generic synonyms: Acting, Performing, Playacting, Playing
Specialized synonyms: Panto
Derivative terms: Mime, Mimic, Pantomime, Pantomimist

Definition of Dumb show

1. Noun. (theater) A performance during which the players do not speak. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumb Show

dumb blonde
dumb blondes
dumb bomb
dumb bunny
dumb cancel
dumb cane
dumb crambo
dumb down
dumb genius
dumb hole
dumb insolence
dumb rabies
dumb show
dumb tax
dumb terminal
dumb terminals
dumb waiter
dumb waiters
dumbarse
dumbarses
dumbbell
dumbbell curve
dumbbell ganglioneuroma
dumbbells

Literary usage of Dumb show

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"That he should be ignorant of the dumb-show is unthinkable. ... Greg thinks that the dumb-show was probably a surprise to Hamlet,7 and that it must have ..."

2. Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"... of Sackville and Norton—General Character of this Tragedy—Its Argument—Distribution of Material —Chorus—dumb show—The Actors—Use of Blank Verse.—VI. ..."

3. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"Dumb-show. Sackville not assisted by Norton. THE first poem which presents itself at the commencement of the reign of queen Elizabeth, is the play of ..."

4. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Roycroft Shop (1902)
"The dumb-show enters. Enter a King and a Queen very lovingly; the Queen embracing him, and he her. She kneels, and makes show of protestation unto him. ..."

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