Doing an imitation of (5)

I believe the answer is:

aping

(Other definitions for aping that I've seen before include "Imitation" , "Trying to repeat" , "Imitating, copying" , "Parroting" , "Sending up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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