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to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of<the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp>Synonymsburlesque, caricature, imitate, mock, parody, take off (on), travestyRelated Wordslampoon, satirize; deride, ridicule; ape, parrot; duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce; act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate; elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch; amplify, enhance, enlarge (upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate; mime, pantomime; impersonate, perform, play
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to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior<began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made>— see imitate 1
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