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Princeton's WordNet

  1. copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, apernoun

    someone who copies the words or behavior of another

Wiktionary

  1. copycatnoun

    One who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity.

  2. copycatverb

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

  3. copycatadjective

    Imitative; unoriginal.

  4. Etymology: From copy + cat. It has been in use since at least 1896, in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs.

Wikipedia

  1. COPYCAT

    COPYCAT is a song by American singer Billie Eilish from her debut EP Don't Smile at Me (2017). It served as the fourth single, released on July 14, 2017. The Sofi Tukker remix was officially released on January 12, 2018.

ChatGPT

  1. copycat

    A copycat is a person who imitates or mimics the behavior, actions, appearance, or ideas of someone else, often with the aim to achieve the same success as the individual they are copying. The term is often used in a negative or dismissive context to refer to a lack of originality. This term can also refer to a product or work designed to closely resemble another successful product or work.

Wikidata

  1. Copycat

    Copycat is a deceased fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe, and a former member of X-Force.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of copycat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of copycat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of copycat in a Sentence

  1. Allan Zeman:

    The government of course was very proud, for the government, it's' big face' to attract the real LKF -- there are so many copycat LKFs in China.

  2. Juul Labs:

    Like any health-related events reportedly associated with the use of vapor products, we are monitoring these reports, these reports reaffirm the need to keep all tobacco and nicotine products out of the hands of youth through significant regulation on access and enforcement. We also must ensure illegal products, such as counterfeit, copycat, and those that deliver controlled substances, stay out of the market and away from youth.

  3. Jack Levin:

    It should be part of a regular school curriculum to remind kids these things are going on. it's the excessive media attention that creates the copycat phenomenon. We make celebrities out of monsters.

  4. Jack Levin:

    It's the excessive media attention that creates the copycat phenomenon. We make celebrities out of monsters.

  5. Attorney General Yost:

    The levels of THC in these fakes could have some real and devastating consequences for children, parents need to be extra cautious, especially around Halloween, that these copycat products don’t wind up in treat bags.

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