to ape
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5.8
- verb
- /eɪp/
- The comedian was known to ape famous actors in a hilarious manner during his stand-up routine.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I watched Fantasy Island to ape Ricardo Montalban because I love the way he talked.
- And I watched Fantasy Island to ape Ricardo Montalban because I love the way he talked.
- And it's just it's it's just aping the English language form showing that people go crazy for it.
Examples
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Stop traipsing around the world, aping the Holy Ghost.
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l must say, Apollo... the way you ape human behavior is remarkable.
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It's as if men like Trump are simply aping lines that they think will hurt a woman.
Blog text (3) -
But if you want to be a star, why bother aping records?
Fiction book (1993) -
All people have to do is ape us perfectly, and there'll be no problem.
Blog text (34) -
And I watched Fantasy Island to ape Ricardo Montalban because I love the way he talked.
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Depending on the day, John could be aping James Bond, Ronald Reagan, or Humphrey Bogart.
Academic text (2007) -
Children often ape their parents, mimicking the words they say and the things they do.
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During the play, the actor aped his character's accent to emphasize the humor in the scene.
Synonyms
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3.1
To copy someone's actions or voice to make people laugh
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6.6
To draw or act like someone while making their features bigger to be funny
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5.0
To copy someone's actions to make a joke
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.4
A large animal like a gorilla or orangutan with no tail and closely related to humans
- UK
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8.9
A monkey without a tail that lives on rocky cliffs and in forests of northwest Africa and Gibraltar
- Specialized
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6.3
A large tailless animal like a gorilla or chimpanzee that is more like humans than other monkeys
How Close
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7.2
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5.8
105
3.1
20
6.4
141
2.7
134
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ape as a verb comes from the animal name ape because people saw apes copying people, so to ape someone is 'to copy' them, often in a mocking or unoriginal way.