mimicking

English

Etymology

From mimic +‎ -ing.

Noun

mimicking (countable and uncountable, plural mimickings)

1. (uncountable) gerund of mimic: mimicry; (countable) an instance of this.
   • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Buckthorne, or The Young Man of Great Expectations”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 2 (Buckthorne and His Friends), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 93:

     They had a thousand odd stories and jokes about the events of the day, and burlesque descriptions and mimickings of the spectators who had been admiring them.

Verb

mimicking

1. present participle and gerund of mimic