impression
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4.0
- noun
- /ɪmˈprɛʃən/
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imitación
- I mean, I can do a really great impression of you.
- celebrity impressions
- comedians do impressions
- SNL impressions
No, Eleanor, the impression was so much better than the show.
- No, Eleanor, the impression was so much better than the show.
- Next, do do your best impression of the other people at this table.
- I do a couple impressions that I will save for my new hour.
- Today I that is Pinky is going to review some impressions of Rob Paulson's characters.
- Andy's Robert Smith impression was pretty diluted.
- So that's probably why he's doing this impression, which is not bad, but risk.
Examples
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"I put a couple of fingers to my head in my best Peter Falk-Columbo impression."
Fiction book (1991) -
Ed does the most amazing impression of the orangutan.
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You did a a fantastic impression of him and he loved that.
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No, Eleanor, the impression was so much better than the show.
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I'm gonna do an impression of you.
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Do your Griffin impression now.
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Ladies and gentlemen, for your kind attention, I will give you my impression of Jerry Halliday.
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Donald, dressed as Charlie, sits across from her, doing his best serious writer impression.
Fiction book (2002) -
Victoria is doing her best impression of ET and Brendan with a Union Jack cape.
Blog text (33) -
I can do a great impression of the way he talks, and everyone laughs when I do.
Synonyms
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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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3.5
A funny copy of a person that makes their voice or actions seem bigger
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4.2
A way of showing a character's personality and actions in a play or film by speech and movement
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4.6
Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people
To pretend to be another person by copying how they act, usually to trick or entertain
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A test print people use to check for mistakes before the final print
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impression comes from the same root as impress and imprint, which mean to make a copy or image by pressing. So a performer's impression is a copy or mimicry of someone's voice or manner, like pressing that person's style onto the performance.