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1. (n.) ape
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the great apes and lesser apes.
2. ape
(loosely) any monkey.
3. ape
an imitator; mimic.
4. ape
a large, clumsy, or coarse person.
5. (v.t.) ape
to imitate; mimic.
6. ape
Slang. to become violently emotional.
7. ape
go ape over, to be extremely enthusiastic about.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE apa, c. OS apo, OHG affo, ON api)
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1. (noun) ape
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
2. (noun) copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
someone who copies the words or behavior of another
3. (verb) anthropoid, ape
person who resembles a nonhuman primate
4. (verb) ape
imitate uncritically and in every aspect
"Her little brother apes her behavior"
5. (verb) caricature, ape
represent in or produce a caricature of
"The drawing caricatured the President"
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1. (noun) ape
a large monkey-like animal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) APE
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
2. (noun) APE
one who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic
3. (noun) APE
a dupe
4. (verb) APE
to mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally
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Sense: a large monkey with little or no tail.
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 Afrikaans: aap |
 Arabic: قِرْد |
 Bulgarian: маймуна |
 Brazilian: macaco |
 Czech: opice |
 German: der Menschenaffe |
 Danish: abe |
 Greek: πίθηκος |
 Spanish: mono |
 Estonian: (inim)ahv |
 Farsi: بوزینه |
 Finnish: apina |
 French: (grand) singe (sans queue |
 Hebrew: קוֹף |
 Hindi: कपि |
 Croatian: čovjekoliki majmun |
 Hungarian: emberszabású majom |
 Indonesian: kera (tanpa ekor), monyet |
 Icelandic: api |
 Italian: scimmia |
 Japanese: 猿 |
 Korean: 꼬리 없는 원숭이 |
 Lithuanian: žmogbeždžionė, beždžionė |
 Latvian: pērtiķis |
 Malay: mawas |
 Dutch: aap |
 Norwegian: ape |
 Polish: małpa |
 Persian: بوزینه |
 Pashto: بیزو |
 Portuguese: macaco |
 Romanian: maimuţă |
 Russian: (человекообразная) обезья |
 Slovak: opica (veľká, bez chvosta |
 Slovenian: (velika) opica |
 Serbian: (čovekoliki) majmun |
 Swedish: apa |
 Thai: ลิงไม่มีหาง |
 Turkish: maymun |
 Taiwanese: 猿猴 |
 Ukrainian: людиноподібна мавпа |
 Urdu: نقل کرنے والا بندر |
 Vietnamese: khỉ không đuôi |
 Chinese: 无尾猴，类人猿 |
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