1. adjective /eɪp/
Wild; crazy.
We were ape over the new look.
2. noun /eɪp/
a) An animal of a class of primates generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
b) An uncivilised person.
3. verb /eɪp/
To imitate.
It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
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