ape
🇺🇸
/eɪp/
🇬🇧
/eɪp/
noun
R
A large animal like a monkey without a tail.
The ape swung from tree to tree in the jungle.
verb
R
To copy someone else's actions, often poorly.
He tried to ape the famous dancer's moves but couldn't do it well.
R
To copy someone's behavior or speech to make fun of them.
The children would ape their teacher's funny way of talking.
translation
A large animal like a monkey without a tail.
To copy someone else's actions, often poorly.; To copy someone's behavior or speech to make fun of them.
Word Forms
3rd Present
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Past
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Perfect
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Progressive
aping
Plural
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