Definitions for mimic

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mimic mim·ic

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IPA: /ˈmɪm ɪk/

Mimic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in mimic (ciimm).

Definitions for mimic

noun

1. a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
2. a copy or imitation of something.
3. a performer in a mime.

adjective

1. imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale:
2. apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.

verb (used with object)

1. to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
2. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
3. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.

Origin of mimic

1580-90; Latin mīmicus Greek mīmikós. See mime, -ic

Examples for mimic

The team designed over 40 themed soundscapes that mimic environments, all of which are free to download.

He slowed down the action at times for effect; he jolted the camera to mimic the jittery imperfection of a documentary.

The college world is a mimic world—and your lifetime is just four years.

"You're all there," Paliser, amused by the mimic, was telling her.

When my hair gets long enough I kid myself I can mimic the glorious tumbling fringe of “the Rachel” sometimes.

Before hypocrisy or oppression his glances were as mimic lightning.

The results: Even moderate MDMA doses in conditions that mimic hot, crowded, social settings could be lethal to rats.

Wall Street gets to game the government; Republican big wigs get to mimic their masters in a sandbox of their own.

One of these youths, fancying himself a mimic, had imitated the Moslems.

But the field is nearly cleared, and the mimic war has commenced.