imitation
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3.5
- noun
- /ˌɪməˈteɪʃən/
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imitación
- Her imitation of the teacher's voice was so spot-on that even the students were impressed.
Examples
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You know, Mr. Shepard, me and my friends think your José Jimenez imitation is A-OK.
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You're doing a really good imitation of having a life.
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An imitation of a man playing a violin.
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This is my imitation of George Foreman.
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You do a great Clark Kent imitation.
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I hear you and your mate were doing bird imitations again.
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I don't know about you, but I'm going to give a good imitation of it.
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After a couple of beers, he could do a pretty good imitation of Mr. Barnes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lifting his head, he called out, giving his best imitation of a female leopard's mating cry.
Fiction book (2000) -
Celeste stands taller, shoulders back, in broad imitation of her dad's preening strut.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
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4.0
An act that copies a person's voice or way to make people laugh
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5.5
A drawing that makes a person's features look bigger or more unusual to be funny
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5.7
An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people
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8.4
A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style
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6.3
A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour
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9.9
Something that looks like the real thing but is not
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7.9
A funny copy of a person or thing that makes fun of them
A ridiculous imitation of human behavior made to seem funny
Compounds
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imitation comes from the Latin imitari, which means 'to copy', and is like the idea in the word mimic; a comic imitation copies someone's voice or movements in an exaggerated, funny way.