1. ape

noun. ['ˈeɪp'] any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

Rhymes with Ape

• crepe

How do you pronounce ape?

Pronounce ape as eɪp.

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Sentences with ape

1. Noun, singular or mass
When a spring bounces right between the ape's legs, you're good to go.

Quotes about ape

1. I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.
- Terry Pratchett

2. A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sudelbücher.

3. Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.
- Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

2. ape-man

noun. a person assumed to have been raised by apes.

3. ape-man

noun. hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings.

4. ape

noun. ['ˈeɪp'] person who resembles a nonhuman primate.

5. ape

verb. ['ˈeɪp'] imitate uncritically and in every aspect.

6. ape

verb. ['ˈeɪp'] represent in or produce a caricature of.

7. ape

noun. ['ˈeɪp'] someone who copies the words or behavior of another.