— mimicker , n.
/mim"ik/ , v. , mimicked, mimicking , n. , adj.
v.t.
1. to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
2. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
3. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.
n.
4. a person who mimics, esp. a performer skilled in mimicking others.
5. a copy or imitation of something.
6. a performer in a mime.
adj.
7. imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale: a mimic battle.
8. apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.
[ 1580-90; mimicus mimikós. See MIME, -IC ]
Syn. 1. follow, mock; impersonate; simulate, counterfeit. 7. mock, simulated.