'APE' definitions:

Definition of 'ape'

noun

Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all

noun

Someone who copies the words or behavior of another [syn: copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper]

noun

Person who resembles a nonhuman primate [syn: anthropoid, ape]

verb

Imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

verb

Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President" [syn: caricature, ape]

Ape an animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews _koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos_, both words being just the Indian Tamil name of the monkey, kapi, i.e., swift, nimble, active. No species of ape has ever been found in Palestine or the adjacent regions.