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mimicking

mim·ic
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mim-ik]
    • /ˈmɪm ɪk/
    • /ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mim-ik]
    • /ˈmɪm ɪk/

Definitions of mimicking word

  • verb with object mimicking to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively. 1
  • verb with object mimicking to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape. 1
  • verb with object mimicking to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely. 1
  • noun mimicking a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others. 1
  • noun mimicking a copy or imitation of something. 1
  • noun mimicking a performer in a mime. 1
See all 9 definitions of mimicking

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Origin of mimicking

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin mīmicus < Greek mīmikós. See mime, -ic

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Parts of speech for Mimicking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mimicking

mimicking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for mimicking

noun mimicking

  • mimicry — the act, practice, or art of mimicking.
  • mimetism — mimicry (defs 1, 3).
  • apery — imitative behaviour; mimicry
  • mimesis — Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.

adjective mimicking

  • mimetic — characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry: mimetic gestures.
  • onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
  • imitative — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
  • onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
All 9 Synonyms of mimicking

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Related words

  • mimic

    to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.

  • mimicry

    the act, practice, or art of mimicking.

  • cholinomimetic

    mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.

  • imitative magic

    magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an abundant supply; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that similar actions produce similar results.

  • pseudorandom

    noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.

  • sympathomimetic

    mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
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