ape

Universal Words noun, verb noun a large animal like a monkey, with no tail. There are different types of ape: the great apes (for example, ORANG-UTANS or CHIMPANZEES) IDIOMS go ape / apeshit (slang, especially AmE) to become extremely angry or excited verb [VN] 1 (BrE, disapproving) to do sth in the same way as sb else, especially when it is not done very well: For years the British film industry merely aped Hollywood. 2 (especially AmE) to copy the way sb else behaves or talks, in order to make fun of them SYNMIMIC: We used to ape the teacher's southern accent.