IMITATE


Meaning of IMITATE in English

(~s, imitating, ~d)

1.

If you ~ someone, you copy what they do or produce.

...a genuine German musical which does not try to ~ the American model.

VERB: V n

2.

If you ~ a person or animal, you copy the way they speak or behave, usually because you are trying to be funny.

Clarence screws up his face and ~s the Colonel again.

= mimic

VERB: V n

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