Usually means: Silent dramatization using gestures, mime.
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  1. dumb show: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dumb show: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dumb show: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dumb show: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dumb show: Vocabulary.com
  6. dumb-show, dumb show: Wordnik
  7. dumb show: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dumb-show, dumb show: Wiktionary
  9. dumb show: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dumb show: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Dumb show, dumb-show, dumb show: Dictionary.com
  12. Dumb Show, Dumb show: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. dumb show: Rhymezone
  14. dumb show: Free Dictionary
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  16. dumb show: Dictionary/thesaurus

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dumb show)

noun:  (theater) A performance during which the players do not speak; mime.
noun:  The use of gesture in an attempt to convey meaning.

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