chimp

noun

ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
 sometimes  ˈshimp

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By never breaking the anthropoid conceit — keeping Williams a chimp from working-class childhood obscurity to adult pop-stardom — Better Man evolves into the most honest and exploratory showbiz movie ever made. Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025 Drugs and being a selfish jerk threaten everything, of course, and seeing a chimp go through the out-of-control partying instead of a normal dude is a bit different. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 Fiction The Stress of Lives Robert McGill A famous scientist is reincarnated as a chimp, though neither he nor his grieving widow are equipped to recognize the truth. Jessica Furseth, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 While the chimps' modest colony is just beginning to coalesce, a population-wiping plague has put the primates on a level playing field with the human race. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chimp

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chimp was in 1877

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“Chimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimp. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

chimp

noun
ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
ˈshimp

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