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cop·y·cat
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ˈkɒp
iˌkæt
/
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kop
-ee-kat
]
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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.
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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
+
cat
1
Related forms
cop·y·cat·ism,
noun
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copycat
(ˈkɒpɪˌkæt)
—
n
informal
a. a person, esp a child, who imitates or copies another
b. (
as modifier
):
copycat murders
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Word Origin & History
copycat
1896, but in the context of a word the writer's grandmother had used in her day, hence perhaps mid-19c., from
copy
+
cat
. As a verb, from 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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