copycat (ˈkɒpɪˌkæt
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Definitions
noun
- informal
- a person, esp a child, who imitates or copies another
- ((as modifier) ⇒
copycat murders
Usage examples
The murder had gone unsolved, and the details of the attack had been kept from the general public so as to guard against copycat killings.
, Death and Transfiguration (1994)In May, 1999, Pakistan's prime minister Nawaz Sharif had answered India's nuclear tests with 7 copycat blasts.
Business Today (1999)The doctors said the show might endanger the lives of copycat youngsters.
The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)DAVID BECKHAM has revealed he shaved off his mohican haircut because he didn't want copycat kids getting kicked out of school.
Sun, News of the World (2001)But there are just as many who, inspired by the possibility of quick riches, back a copycat project which has scant chance of success.
, A VERY ENGLISH DECEIT: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal (2002)