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cop⋅y⋅cat

[kop-ee-kat] noun, verb, -cat⋅ted, -cat⋅ting.
–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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cop·y·cat   (kŏp'ē-kāt')   
n.  One that closely imitates or mimics another.
v.   cop·y·cat·ted, cop·y·cat·ting, cop·y·cats

v.   intr.
To act as an imitator or mimic.
v.   tr.
To imitate closely; mimic.
adj.  Closely imitating or following another: a copycat version of a successful product; a copycat crime.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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