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ape

noun

1 ape

Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

Dutch: aap

2 ape

Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.

synonyms: aper, copycat, emulator, imitator.

Roget 19: imitation; copying etc. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; ... show more

Dutch: na aper, naäper, na-aper, nabootser, namaker, imitator
Polish: imitator, naśladowca, odtwórca

3 ape

Person who resembles a nonhuman primate.

synonym: anthropoid.

Dutch: apin, mensaap
Polish: małpolud

verb

1 ape

Imitate uncritically and in every aspect.

Roget 450a: mimic, ape (imitate) 19; respond instinctively.   

Dutch: imiteren

2 ape

Represent in or produce a caricature of.

synonym: caricature.

Roget 19: imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.    ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Barbary ape, Cape polecat, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, act, act a part, act as, act out, angwantibo, anthropoid ape, ape about, appear like, approach, approximate, aye-aye, baboon, bar, be like ... show more.

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aping

noun

Roget 450a: absence of intellect, want of intellect etc. 450; imbecility etc. 499.    brutality, brute force.    instinct, brute instinct, stimulus-response loop, conditioned response, instinctive reaction, ... show more

adjective

Roget 19: imitated etc. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.    paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, ... show more

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ap

noun

Roget 532: news; information etc. 527; piece of news [Fr.], budget of news, budget of information; intelligence, tidings.    word, advice, aviso [Sp.], message; ... show more

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