Meaning

1 senses
  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur)A black person.

More definitions
  • intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Examples

10 sentences
  1. The angry chimp went up the sidewalk and ripped everybody's face off.

    ruЗлой шимпанзе шёл вдоль тротуара и отрывал людям лица. — corvard

    deDer zornige Schimpanse ging den Bürgersteig entlang und riss allen das Gesicht ab. — esocom

  2. Chimps are social animals.

  3. The chimp's eyes narrowed, ready to hurtle the stone at the slightest provocation.

  4. Chimps are much stronger than humans.

  5. The chimp bolted off.

Origin

Clipping of chimpanzee.

Clipping of chimpanzee.

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Forms

plural: chimps
Singularchimp
Pluralchimps

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests:chimpanzeePan troglodytes

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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