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parrot: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds; a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated; repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"

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imitator collapse

copycat collapse: someone who copies the words or behavior of another

mocker collapse

mockingbird collapse: long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

poseur collapse: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

conformist collapse: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

copyist collapse: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

counterfeiter collapse

plagiarist collapse: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

mimer collapse

impostor collapse

forger collapse: someone who makes copies illegally; someone who operates a forge

hypocrite collapse: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

impersonator collapse: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

sheep collapse: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat; a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"; a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

cuckoo collapse: any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail; repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

reincarnate collapse: having a new body; cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market"; be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe that we transmigrate"

mimic collapse: someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress); constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison; imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

Middle American collapse

methodologist collapse

plastic person collapse

organization man collapse: an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization

ape collapse: any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all; imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

beaked collapse: having or resembling a beak

Roman nosed collapse

billed collapse: having a beak or bill as specified; "a thick-billed bird"; "a long-billed cap"

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

plagiarize collapse: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

pedant collapse: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

come again collapse

aquiline collapse: curved down like an eagle's beak

quote collapse: put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"; repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"; refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"; name the price of; "quote prices for cars"

redouble collapse: make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"; double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"; double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"

swot collapse: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

monkey collapse: any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

do over collapse

regurgitate collapse: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"; feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"; pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

Babbitt collapse: line with a Babbitt metal

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