ape


Definition: Meaning of, ape in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / eɪp /

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ape apes
[countable]
  1. an animal that is similar to a monkey but has no tail or only a very short tail
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  2. go ape informal to suddenly become very angry
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
ape aped aped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
aping apes
[transitive]
  1. to copy the way someone speaks or behaves in order to make fun of them [=  mimic]
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  2. to copy someone's way of doing something, so that what you do or produce is not good or original [=  mimic]
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ape used in phrases

  • Barbary ape (noun)
    1. tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
  • Naked Ape, The
    1. (1967) a book by Desmond MORRIS which examines similarities in the behaviour of humans and APE s . The title is based on the fact that humans are the only type of APE which is not covered in hair.
  • anthropoid ape (noun)
    1. any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
  • ape-man (noun)
    1. hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
    2. a person assumed to have been raised by apes
  • great ape (noun)
    1. any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
  • lesser ape (noun)
    1. gibbons and siamangs
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