[kop-ee-kat] 
noun, verb, -cat⋅ted, -cat⋅ting.| 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. |
| 2. | imitating or repeating a recent, well-known occurrence: a copycat murder. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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