mimic 1, verb (oh) and Gros (as used in expressions) (sh)

mimic 1, verb (oh)

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[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: mimic 'copying' (16-21 centuries), from Latin mimicus, from Greek, from mimos; MIME1]
to copy the way someone speaks or behaves, especially in order to make people laugh
-synonym imitate imitate, take off take off
::He could mimic all the teachers' accents.
::'I'm so sorry,' she mimicked.
to behave or operate in exactly the same way as something or someone else
::Europe should not try to mimic Japan: we have to find our own path to successful modernisation.
::The drug mimics the action of the body's own chemicals.
if an animal mimics something, it looks or sounds very like it
::a fly whose size and colour exactly mimics that of the wasp
-- mimicry n [U]
::He has a gift for mimicry.