What (who) is panto - definition
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Panto (disambiguation)
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¦ noun (plural pantos) Brit. informal a pantomime.
Pantomime
![''[[Aladdin]]'' at [[Nottingham Playhouse]], 2008](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aladdin pantomime Nottingham Playhouse 2008.jpg?width=200 "''[[Aladdin]]'' at [[Nottingham Playhouse]], 2008")
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 MS Thr 847.jpg?width=200 "Grimaldi (right) performing the comic dance during a pantomime")
![Styles of [[Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon]], used in a vaudeville circuit pantomime; sketched by [[Marguerite Martyn]] of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', April 1918](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady Duff Gordon styles sketched by Marguerite Martyn, 1918.jpg?width=200 "Styles of [[Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon]], used in a vaudeville circuit pantomime; sketched by [[Marguerite Martyn]] of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', April 1918")
![Margaret]] in a [[Windsor Castle]] wartime performance of ''Aladdin''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret starring in wartime Aladdin, 1943. (7936243828).jpg?width=200 "Margaret]] in a [[Windsor Castle]] wartime performance of ''Aladdin''")
FORM OF MUSICAL COMEDY STAGE PRODUCTION MOSTLY PERFORMED DURING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S
Pantomimes; The British Pantomime; Pantomime (theatre); Pantomime Villain; Christmas pantomime; Pantamime; Oh yes it is; Oh yes it is!; Oh no it isn't; Oh no it isn't!; Pantomine; Christmas Pantomime; British pantomime; Pantomimist; Pantomimos; Fabula saltata
·noun A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
II. Pantomime ·adj Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.
III. Pantomime ·noun A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
IV. Pantomime ·noun One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.
V. Pantomime ·noun A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, ·etc., are features.
Wikipedia
Panto
Panto may refer to:
- Pantomime, a genre of musical comedy stage production, developed in England and mostly performed during Christmas and New Year season
- American pantomime, theatre entertainments in North America derived from the English entertainment genre of Pantomime
- Panto (surname)
- Pantograph (rail), an overhead current collector for a tram or electric train
- Pantoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor
- Panto!, a 2012 ITV Christmas special
Pronunciation examples for panto
1. This pant or that pant? OK, that pant.
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2. tape my pant leg up.
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3. PAULA PANT: You're probably going
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4. PAULA PANT: So I personally--
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5. PAULA PANT: Popular topic here.
How to Afford Anything _ Paula Pant _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of panto
1. PANTO Panto was better when you were a kid than it usually is now.
2. Oh, and her godfather is panto stalwart Christopher Biggins.
3. But when he was first offered panto, he was insulted.
4. The message this panto season is: Theyre behind you!
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