ape
(noun) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
anthropoid, ape
(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate
copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
(noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another
caricature, ape
(verb) represent in or produce a caricature of; “The drawing caricatured the President”
ape
(verb) imitate uncritically and in every aspect; “Her little brother apes her behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ape (plural apes)
A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
(derogatory) An uncivilised person.
One who apes; a foolish imitator.
• (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)
• (female): apess (rare)
• See also ape
ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle apeing or aping, simple past and past participle aped)
(intransitive) To behave like an ape.
(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
ape (not comparable)
(slang) Wild; crazy.
• EAP, EPA, PAE, PEA, Pae, Pea, pea
Source: Wiktionary
Ape, n. Etym: [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, 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.
Note: The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.
2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron.
3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aped; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping.]
Definition: To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
