copycat
copycat · more copycat · most copycat
Imitative; unoriginalImitative; unoriginal.
US/kɑpiˈkæt/
Meaning
1 sensesImitative; unoriginal.
copycat crime
Examples
7 sentencesDon't be a copycat.
ruНе будь повторюшкой. — kobylkin
Tom is such a copycat.
Том такий повторюха! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Layla committed a copycat killing.
Layla was a copycat criminal.
Tom is John's copycat friend.
Том — друг Джона, який його у всьому імітує. — deniko
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
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”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more copycat, most copycat| Comparative | more copycat Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most copycat Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.