Copycat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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
  1. imitating or repeating a recent, well-known occurrence: a copycat murder.
verb (used with object), cop·y·cat·ted, cop·y·cat·ting.
  1. to imitate or mimic: new domestic wines that copycat the expensive imports.
  2. to copy slavishly; reproduce: The clothes were copycatted straight from designer originals.
noun
  1. informal
    • a person, esp a child, who imitates or copies another
    • (as modifier)
Copycat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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