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chimp
[ chimp ]
chimp
/ tʃɪmp /
noun
- informal.short for chimpanzee
Word History and Origins
Origin of chimp1
Example Sentences
She tells me about a “wonderful moment” with a chimpanzee she named David Greybeard, the male chimp who she first witnessed making and using tools to catch termites.
Two years after appearing as a monkey judge, the host plays a character trying very hard to bring Beppo, America’s first chimp to orbit the Earth, back home safely.
There would be a 5% chance that a single chimp would successfully type the word "bananas" in its own lifetime.
Among the outrageous events captured in “Chimp Crazy” is Haddix’s appearance in a virtual hearing to testify that she had nothing to do with the disappearance of Tonka, a chimp she falsely claimed had died.
Later, at the Missouri Primate Foundation, he lived in a cage alongside other chimps but interacted more with the humans who fed him food like Powerade, french fries and doughnuts.
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