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ape
[ eyp ]
noun
- Anthropology, Zoology. any member of the superfamily Hominoidea, the two extant branches of which are the lesser apes (gibbons) and the great apes (humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans). catarrhine.
- (loosely) any primate except humans.
- an imitator; mimic.
- Informal. a big, ugly, clumsy person.
- Disparaging and Offensive. (used as a slur against a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)
adjective
- Slang. (usually in the phrase go ape )
- violently emotional:
When she threatened to leave him, he went ape.
- extremely enthusiastic (often followed by over or for ):
They go ape over old rock music.
We were all ape for the new movie trailer.
ape
/ ɪ /
noun
- any of various primates, esp those of the family Pongidae , in which the tail is very short or absent See anthropoid ape See also great ape
- not in technical use any monkey
- an imitator; mimic
- informal.a coarse, clumsy, or rude person
verb
- tr to imitate
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- · adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ape1
Example Sentences
His underlings ape his ghoulish glee in making life miserable for undocumented immigrants.
An electronic score by John Carroll Kirby apes the sound of the era but devolves into abstraction as the story develops into something darker.
No, what makes this complicated is that Donald Trump is aping Putin’s talking points about who started the war.
The debut of the shackled ape in “King Kong” and scenes from two “A Star Is Born” films were shot inside.
Often, they accuse me of aping Democratic talking points.
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