Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to copycat
Participle: copycatted
Gerund: copycatting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | copycat |
| you | copycat |
| he;she;it | copycats |
| we | copycat |
| you | copycat |
| they | copycat |
Perfect
| I | have copycatted |
| you | have copycatted |
| he;she;it | has copycatted |
| we | have copycatted |
| you | have copycatted |
| they | have copycatted |
Past
| I | copycatted |
| you | copycatted |
| he;she;it | copycatted |
| we | copycatted |
| you | copycatted |
| they | copycatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had copycatted |
| you | had copycatted |
| he;she;it | had copycatted |
| we | had copycatted |
| you | had copycatted |
| they | had copycatted |
Future
| I | will copycat |
| you | will copycat |
| he;she;it | will copycat |
| we | will copycat |
| you | will copycat |
| they | will copycat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have copycatted |
| you | will have copycatted |
| he;she;it | will have copycatted |
| we | will have copycatted |
| you | will have copycatted |
| they | will have copycatted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | copycat |
| you | copycat |
| he;she;it | copycat |
| we | copycat |
| you | copycat |
| they | copycat |
Perfect
| I | have copycatted |
| you | have copycatted |
| he;she;it | have copycatted |
| we | have copycatted |
| you | have copycatted |
| they | have copycatted |
Imperfect
| I | copycatted |
| you | copycatted |
| he;she;it | copycatted |
| we | copycatted |
| you | copycatted |
| they | copycatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had copycatted |
| you | had copycatted |
| he;she;it | had copycatted |
| we | had copycatted |
| you | had copycatted |
| they | had copycatted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would copycat |
| you | would copycat |
| he;she;it | would copycat |
| we | would copycat |
| you | would copycat |
| they | would copycat |
Perfect
| I | would have copycatted |
| you | would have copycatted |
| he;she;it | would have copycatted |
| we | would have copycatted |
| you | would have copycatted |
| they | would have copycatted |
Imperative
| you | copycat |
| we | Let's copycat |
| you | copycat |
Verbs conjugated like 'copycat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'copycat'
bowcat,
coact,
coarct,
coat,
colocate,
combat,
compact,
compleat,
copart,
copay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”).
Sample Sentences
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Because beasts don't talk with words, they talk with sounds, and I copycatted my language from beasts and birds[…] [1910, Gouverneur Morris, “Targets”, in The Spread Eagle and Other Stories:]
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In a genre that is rife with copycatting, Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground. [2007 September 3, Janet Maslin, “His Girl Friday Meets a Sadistically Chic Serial Killer”, in New York Times:]