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Noun: ape  eyp
  1. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
     
  2. Someone who copies the words or behaviour of another
    - copycat, imitator, emulator, aper
     
  3. Person who resembles a nonhuman primate
    - anthropoid
Verb: ape  eyp
  1. Imitate uncritically and in every aspect
    "Her little brother apes her behaviour"
     
  2. Represent in or produce a caricature of
    "The drawing aped the President";
    - caricature

Derived forms: aped, aping, apes

Type of: imitate, individual, misfit, mock, mortal, person, primate, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Ape, Latvia