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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
copycat
adjective
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▪ Several copycat versions of the thigh cream appeared almost immediately, such as Skinny Dip.
▪ There were no copycat incidents, and Trondheim is again proud of its crime record.
▪ What about fingerprints, copycat crimes and serial murders?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
copycat

copycat \cop"y*cat`\, copy cat \cop"y cat`\n. someone who copies the words or behavior of another.

Syn: imitator, ape, aper.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
copycat

by 1884, American English, probably at least a generation older, from copy (v.) + cat (n.). As a verb, from 1932.

Wiktionary
copycat
  1. imitative#English; unoriginal. n. 1 (context informal English) One who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity. 2 A criminal who imitates the crimes of another. v

  2. To act as a #Noun; to copy in a shameless or derivative way

WordNet
copycat

n. someone who copies the words or behavior of another [syn: imitator, emulator, ape, aper]

Wikipedia
Copycat (software)

Copycat is a model of analogy making and human cognition based on the concept of the parallel terraced scan, developed in 1988 by Douglas Hofstadter, Melanie Mitchell, and others at the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University Bloomington. The original Copycat was written in Common Lisp and is bitrotten (as it relies on now-outdated graphics libraries); however, a Java port exists.

Copycat (Marvel Comics)

Copycat (Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a former member of X-Force.

Actress Morena Baccarin portrays Vanessa Carlysle in the 2016 feature film Deadpool.

Copycat (film)

Copycat is a 1995 American psychological thriller, starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter and Dermot Mulroney. The film was directed by Jon Amiel, with a score composed by Christopher Young.

Copycat (Wildstorm)

Copycat is a comic book character from DC Comics/ Wildstorm Comics. She is a member of the super human team DV8.

Copycat (comics)

Copycat, in comics, may refer to:

  • Copycat (Marvel Comics), a mutant superhero
  • Copycat (Wildstorm), a member of DV8
  • Copycat, a comic book character in Magic Comic
  • Copycat (Extinctioners), a character in Extinctioners
Copycat

Copycat may refer to: A person or thing that adopts, copies, imitates, mimics, or follows same thing as someone, as a child who adopts the behavior, style or does exactly the same as another child.

Copycat (Patrick Ouchène song)

"Copycat" is a song by Belgian singer Patrick Ouchène and was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow, Russia. It failed to win a place in the Eurovision final, finishing second last in the first semi final with just one point.

Copycat (The Cranberries song)

"Copycat" is a pop rock song taken from The Cranberries fourth album, Bury the Hatchet. It was released as a promotional single in Spain in 2000. The song was describe as "a wry telephoto lens-take on the candyfloss world of pop that rules today". No music video was released for this song.

Usage examples of "copycat".

Ordinand had caused a huge flutter in the dovecotes of owners of good-as-gold horses, and I in conjunction with our chummy insurance syndicate at Lloyds was busy raising defenses against copycat kidnaps.

Thirty-one-year-old Shand was hailed as one of the new stars of British crime fiction when his first novel, Copycat, shot to the top of the bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic and won the John Creasey Memorial Dagger and the Mcvitie prize.

All you copycats can fall in line, jump on the wagon, advertise for more clients, then settle them cheap and rake yours off the top.

Buck still had almost seven pounds of Modex Hybrid, plus components left over from copycatting Mr.

As my tea arrived, the thought jumped into my head: if Charlie Parker had been a wirehead, all those copycats would have had to work for a living.

Just take a look at what's being offered at your local cineplex -- sequels, remakes, or copycat versions pretending to be fresh.

There are many imitators and copycats - but only one Project Gutenberg, in scope, perseverance, dedication, and thoroughness.

Soneji had actually copycatted the McDonald's shootings a few years earlier.

After that tidbit came a rehash of the Hungerford massacre and a query, “Is this a copycat killing?

Nora realized that she must not have seen the newspaper article or heard anything about the recent copycat killings of the Surgeon.

Apple, in spite of its reputation as the machine of choice of scruffy, creative hacker types, had actually created a machine that discouraged hacking, while Microsoft, viewed as a technological laggard and copycat, had created a vast, disorderly parts bazaar--a primordial soup that eventually self-assembled into Linux.