ape
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Is ape a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ape?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (derogatory) An uncivilized person.derogatory
2. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.ethnicoffensiveslur
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To behave like an ape.intransitive
2. (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.Examples: "And well their dignity it ſuits, / To ape the gravity of brutes."; "But there’s this difference; one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver."; "It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role."transitive
adj (English)
1. (slang) Wild; crazy.Examples: "We were ape over the new look."; "He went ape when he heard the bad news."not-comparableslang
noun (English)
1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of alkylphenol ethoxylate.Examples: "The most important and commonly used APEs are nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), which account for 80% of the APE market."abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary