dumb show

dumb show EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama. gestures without speech. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of dumb show First recorded in 1555–65 Related formsdumb-show, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dumb show Historical Examples of dumb show

The play is in dumb-show, and no character is permitted to speak on the stage.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Edgar Thurston

The noise and rumor of the crowded pavements were to me but dumb-show.

The Three Impostors

Arthur Machen

Kostran will deliver his speech in dumb-show, and we’ll dub the sound in and telecast them as one.

Time Crime

H. Beam Piper

This dumb-show could not fail to attract the observation of Content.

The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish

James Fenimore Cooper

It is as much as to say: ‘Here you have all dumb-show talking.’

A Book of the Play

Dutton Cook

British Dictionary definitions for dumb show dumb show noun a part of a play acted in pantomime, popular in early English drama meaningful gestures; mime Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012