n.
Pronunciation: ' ā p
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English apa; akin to Old High German affo ape
Date: before 12th century
1 a : MONKEY especially : one of the larger tailless or short-tailed Old World forms b : any of two families (Pongidae and Hylobatidae) of large tailless semierect primates (as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) ― called also anthropoid anthropoid ape
2 a : MIMIC b : a large uncouth person
– ape · like \ ' ā p- ˌ l ī k \ adjective