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copycat

English

Alternative forms

  • copy cat
  • copy-cat

Etymology

From copy +? cat (former derogatory term for a person).

Noun

copycat (plural copycats)

  1. (informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
  2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else.
    a copycat strangler

Translations

Adjective

copycat (comparative more copycat, superlative most copycat)

  1. Imitative; unoriginal.

Verb

copycat (third-person singular simple present copycats, present participle copycatting, simple past and past participle copycatted)

  1. To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English copycat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?.pi.ka/, /k?.pi.kat/

Noun

copycat m (plural copycats)

  1. copycat criminal
    Synonym: imitateur

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