copycat

copycat
1. noun
One who imitates others work without adding ingenuity.
Imitative; unoriginal.
3. verb
To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way

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  • Copycat — may refer to: Copycat (Marvel Comics), a comic book character in the Marvel Universe Copycat (Wildstorm), a comic book character in the Wildstorm Comics Universe Copycat (film), a 1995 thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter Copycat… …   Wikipedia

  • copycat — cop‧y‧cat [ˈkɒpikæt ǁ ˈkɑː ] adjective [only before a noun] copied from someone else s product, design etc : • a copycat version of a successful product • Foreign companies are able to make copycat drugs at a fraction of the cost. * * * Ⅰ.… …   Financial and business terms

  • Copycat — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Copycat es un thriller estadounidense de 1995. Contenido 1 Sinopsis 2 Reparto 3 Curiosidades 4 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Copycat — (engl. für „Nachahmer“, „Trittbrettfahrer“) steht für: Copykill, ein US amerikanischer Thriller aus dem Jahr 1995 Copycat (Band), eine belgische Band, siehe Patrick Ouchène Copy Cat, der Name der ersten geklonten Katze …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • copycat — ► NOUN informal 1) a person who copies another. 2) (before another noun ) denoting an action, especially a crime, carried out in imitation of another: copycat attacks …   English terms dictionary

  • copycat — cop y*cat , copy cat cop y cat . someone who copies the words or behavior of another. Syn: imitator, ape, aper. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • copycat — (n.) by 1884, Amer.Eng., probably at least a generation older, from COPY (Cf. copy) + CAT (Cf. cat). As a verb, from 1932 …   Etymology dictionary

  • copycat — ☆ copycat [käp′ēkat΄ ] n. a person who habitually imitates or mimics others: chiefly a child s term adj. imitating a recent event …   English World dictionary

  • Copycat — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Un copycat est une personne agissant de manière similaire à une action lue dans les médias. Il peut s agir de tuer suivant le modus operandi d un serial… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • copycat — cop|y|cat1 [ˈkɔpikæt US ˈka: ] n informal someone who copies other people s clothes, behaviour, work etc used by children to show disapproval copycat 2 copycat2 adj copycat crime/attack etc a crime, attack etc which is similar to a famous crime… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • copycat — [[t]kɒ̱pikæt[/t]] copycats also copy cat 1) ADJ: ADJ n A copycat crime is committed by someone who is copying someone else. ...a series of copycat attacks by hooligan gangs. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a copycat, you are accusing …   English dictionary

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