miming

verb

present participle of mime
as in imitating
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food

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Recent Examples of miming Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 Müldür immediately ran off towards the assistant referee, pointing at Almirón and miming the action the Atlanta United forward had done. — George Edwards, New York Times, 21 June 2026 Fleming asks, miming a person examining the topping options at an ice-cream parlor. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 Elena, a skating coach and choreographer, was on the edge of her seat throughout Naumov’s program, quietly miming his movements in the arena’s second tier above the rink, willing Naumov on with every piece of choreography. — Alice Park, Time, 11 Feb. 2026 The clip features four male models — who look nothing like Catmen Anthony D’Amato, Mike Montali, Brian Dunne, and Don DiLego — miming their way through a performance of the song in Orson Welles-era black & white. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026 The Artist mourned the silent era by miming through the Oscars, while La La Land and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turned failure into choreography. — Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025 In April, users took to the platform, celebrating themselves miming the lyrics of Alright by Nardo Wick. — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Barrymore declared, before miming eating Anderson’s toes. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miming
  1. imitating
  2. copying
  3. emulating
  4. mimicking
Verb
  • Slop is formulaic and impersonal, the aggregate of everything that is already imitating everything else.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Even white people imitating Black people don’t talk like that anymore.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Amy Winehouse‘s blockbuster album, Back to Black, which introduced her recipe for combining pop, hip-hop, and girl group aesthetics into a sound that pop stars are still copying two decades later, is getting a lavish reissue.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The manipulations ranged from removing background noise to copying and pasting data to fabricate results.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of copying
Verb
  • Running back air yards can provide real value Last year, McCaffrey totaled more air yards than any running back in a season since David Johnson in 2016, which means CMC ran vertical routes beyond the line of scrimmage, emulating a wide receiver.
    — Ben Gretch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Brink and stylist Shiona Turini consistently blend masculine tailoring and feminine silhouettes to create looks worth emulating all autumn long.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of emulating
Verb
  • At the University of Mississippi, a video went viral of a Black woman surrounded by white students and the white students mimicking ape-like motions toward the woman and making monkey-like calls.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers have developed a six-legged robot that can learn to walk by mimicking a stick insect’s movement patterns.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of mimicking

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“Miming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miming. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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