ape
[verb]
Synonyms: mimic, burlesque, imitate, mock, parody, take off, travesty

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Related Idioms: make like
Related Words: caricature, emulate, rival

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I. ape¹ /eɪp/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: apa]

1. an animal that is similar to a monkey but has no tail or only a very short tail

2. go ape informal to suddenly become very angry

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II. ape² verb [transitive]

1. to copy the way someone speaks or behaves in order to make fun of them Synonym : mimic:
He could ape his teachers perfectly.

2. to copy someone’s way of doing something, so that what you do or produce is not good or original Synonym : mimic:
cheap clothes which ape the high fashions of the day

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ape
eɪp
See: go ape

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