mimic

Universal Words verb, noun verb (-ck-) 1 to copy the way sb speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh: [VN] She's always mimicking the teachers. * He mimicked her southern accent. [also Vspeech] 2 [VN] to look or behave like sth else SYNIMITATE: The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements. * the creation of a vaccine that mimics the virus noun a person or an animal that can copy the voice, movements, etc. of others