transitive verb. 1 : to imitate closely : ape He mimicked her accent. 2 : to ridicule by imitation The comic mimicked the president's mannerisms. 3 : simulate vegetable dishes that mimic meat— Carolone Bates. 4 : to resemble by biological mimicry a butterfly that mimics a leaf.

What does it mean when someone is mimicking?

A mimic is someone who is good at imitating others. ... Mimic, related to mime ("an entertainer who performs using gestures not speech"), can be traced back to the Greek mimeisthai, "to imitate." Usually when you mimic someone, you imitate them in order to make fun of them.

What is mimicking give example?

To mimic is defined as to imitate or to copy. An example of to mimic is for a child to imitate everything her old sister does. verb. 6. 1.