Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal)One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.

    Nachahmer, Nachäffer, Nachmacher

    имита́торimitátor, подража́тельpodražátelʹ

  2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has recently been committed by someone else.

    a copycat strangler

More definitions
  • someone who copies the words or behavior of another

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Don't be a copycat.

    ruНе будь повторюшкой.

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  2. Tom is such a copycat.

    Том такий повторюха!

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  3. Layla committed a copycat killing.

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  4. Layla was a copycat criminal.

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  5. Tom is John's copycat friend.

    Том — друг Джона, який його у всьому імітує.

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Translations

6 languages
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one who imitates or plagiarizes others' work:
Deutsch
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one who imitates or plagiarizes others' work:

Origin

Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”).

Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”).

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Forms

plural: copycats

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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