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copy cat

copy cat is the alternative spelling of copycat.

Meaning of copycat

Noun

copycat (plural copycats)

  1. (derogatory, informal) One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.
    • And in it all they are merely copy-cats—servile followers of the aristocratic creed, but without the genuine prestige of the old-time nobilities.1899 July, Robert Grant, “Letter to a young man wishing to be an American”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 26
  2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has recently been committed by someone else.
    • a copycat strangler

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Forms of copy cat

pluralcopy cats

Questions about copy cat

What is copy cat the alternative spelling of?
Copy cat is the alternative spelling of copycat.

Words near copy cat in the dictionary

  1. copy art
  2. copy attack
  3. copy attacks
  4. copy boy
  5. copy boys
  6. copy cat
  7. copy cats
  8. copy constructor
  9. copy constructors
  10. copy desk
  11. copy desks

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