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Meaning of copycat

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

copycat

noun

Definitions

  1. One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.

  2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else.

    Example: a copycat strangler

verb

Definitions

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

adjective

Definitions

  1. Imitative; unoriginal.