mimic
verb (used with object), mim·icked, mim·ick·ing.
noun
adjective
Origin of mimic
Synonyms for mimic
Related Words for mimicking
ape, resemble, simulate, mirror, fake, do, play, caricature, ditto, parrot, parody, perform, copy, ridicule, copycat, echo, burlesque, mime, travesty, actExamples from the Web for mimicking
Contemporary Examples of mimicking
We are looking the same, acting the same, and mimicking masculinity the same.
Others walked with their hands in the air, mimicking the gestures of someone showing they were unarmed.
On the contrary, many of them were quite capable of mimicking a somber-faced pose while they said deeply horrible things.
Be very passive as the air leaves your lungs and leaves your mouth, mimicking the sounds of ocean waves ebbing and flowing.
It is assuredly not by mimicking the Gellars and Spencers of the world, thereby effectively becoming an anti-Jihadist Jihadi.
The Opponents of Militant Islamism Are Often As Bigoted as Their TargetsJacob Mchangama
December 7, 2013
Historical Examples of mimicking
His hands were returning her caresses, mimicking the eager distraction of her own.
Erik DornBen Hecht
"You doan' goin' to own no house," answered Conolly, mimicking the boy.
Old Man Savarin and Other StoriesEdward William Thomson
Let ole Tilty go to blazes with his ole 'all (mimicking Jeffres).
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Here I am to your rescue, and you reward me with a ‘well’ (mimicking) up to ceiling.
Semiramis and Other PlaysOlive Tilford Dargan
Yet it would never be claimed that the lizard thought out this mimicking.
The Log of the SunWilliam Beebe