cop.y.cat

Sunday, February 24, 2008

cop·y·cat
–noun Also, copy cat.

1. a person or thing that copies, imitates, mimics, or follows the lead of another, as a child who says or does exactly the same as another child.
–adjective

2. imitating or repeating a recent, well-known occurrence: a copycat murder.
–verb (used with object)

3. to imitate or mimic: new domestic wines that copycat the expensive imports.
4. to copy slavishly; reproduce: The clothes were copycatted straight from designer originals.

[Origin: 1895–1900, Americanism; copy + cat1]
cop·y·cat·ism, noun
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copycat
-noun
someone who copies the words or behavior of another
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University

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