ape

ape has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
• n.. A dupe.
• v. t.. To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
• n.. any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• n.. person who resembles a nonhuman primate
• n.. someone who copies the words or behavior of another
• v.. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"
• v.. imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"