Ape

[eɪp] or [ep]

Definition

(noun.) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

(verb.) imitate uncritically and in every aspect; 'Her little brother apes her behavior'.

Editor: William--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

(n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.

(n.) A dupe.

(v. t.) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

Edited by Craig

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Monkey (without a tail).

v. a. Mimic, imitate, mock, counterfeit, take off.

Editor: Trudy

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent

ANT:Not_to_imitate, vary, modify, change

Edited by Ervin

Definition

n. a monkey: a monkey without a tail or with a very short one: a simian proper linking man and the lower animals and hence termed Anthropoid—gorilla chimpanzee orang-outang or gibbon: one who plays the ape a silly imitator: (Shak.) an imitator in a good or neutral sense.—v.t. to imitate as an ape.—ns. Ape′dom; Ape′hood; Ap′ery conduct of one who apes any ape-like action: a colony of apes.—adj. Ap′ish like an ape: imitative: foppish.—adv. Ap′ishly.—ns. Ap′ishness Ap′ism (Carlyle).—God's ape a born fool.—To lead apes in hell believed to be the lot of old maids there; To make any one his ape To put an ape in his hood (obs.) to make a fool of any one.

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