Mimic

Quick meaning: Mimic is a verb meaning (transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

Meaning

(transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

More Meanings

1. (biology, transitive) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
2. A person who practices mimicry; especially:
3. An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
4. An imitation.
5. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
6. Mock, pretended.
7. (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.

Example Sentences

Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.

Jess jumped slightly at hearing Tillyʼs extremely accurate mimic of her voice.

An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him.

Word Forms

• mimics
• mimicking
• mimicked
• mimick

Synonyms for mimic

Depending on context, synonyms include mimicker, mock, imitative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mimicker, imitative, mock, emulate, impersonate, imitate.

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