mimicking

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verb imitate, mock

adjective. simulated, unoriginal

noun. impersonation

adjective. echoic

1580s, "a mime," from Latin mimicus, from Greek mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime."

His hands were returning her caresses, mimicking the eager distraction of her own.

"You doan' goin' to own no house," answered Conolly, mimicking the boy.

Let ole Tilty go to blazes with his ole 'all (mimicking Jeffres).

Here I am to your rescue, and you reward me with a ‘well’ (mimicking) up to ceiling.

Yet it would never be claimed that the lizard thought out this mimicking.

Snorting contemptuously, mimicking an old man's pompous enunciation.

"I am the side view of a Surface," it said, mimicking the tones of the lecturer.

"Then you should make something to be done," said the Duchess, mimicking him.

"It's always 'that rocket pilot business,'" he said, mimicking her voice.

He is apparently mimicking Sophy's mimicking of his pronunciation.