Definition of copy-cat
copy-cat 
noun
- a person who copies others.
Mom! Levi won't stop being a copy-cat!
You are such a copy-cat.
- See more words with the same meaning: to imitate.
Last edited on May 09 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to imitate': | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely attracted to someone; "have a crush on". | |
| Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: a person who "bites". | |
| Definitions include: imitation. | |
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Other terms relating to 'cat': | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in. | |
| Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters. | |
| Definitions include: a fight between two or more females. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected. | |
| Definitions include: raining hard. | |
| Definitions include: something really great. | |
| Definitions include: something great; "first rate." | |
| Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: the best you can get. | |
| Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression. | |
| Definitions include: an admonishment that curiosity can be dangerous. | |
| Definitions include: a rich person. | |
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Other terms relating to 'copy': | |
| Definitions include: an exact copy. | |
| Definitions include: in the days of e-mails carbon copies are considered forwards, i.e. forwarded e-mails | |
| Definitions include: something repeatedly posted on an internet-based discussion forum. | |
| Definitions include: to understand. | |
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