Definitions of ape

1. To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

2. To mimic, as an ape.

3. To imitate, as an ape.

4. To imitate closely.

5. To imitate absurdly; mimic.

6. imitate uncritically and in every aspect; " Her little brother apes her behavior"

7. A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

8. To imitate servilely; to mimic.

9. Foolishly to try to imitate.

10. One who imitates servilely ( in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.

11. A dupe.

12. A tailless monkey resembling man; a silly mimic; a fool.

13. A tailless monkey: a silly imitator.

14. A tailless monkey; a mimic.

15. An Old World man- like monkey; also, any monkey; a mimic.

16. A quadrumanous animal with human teeth and without a tail; a servile or silly imitator.

17. A kind of monkey; a vain imitator; a mimic.