chimp

[ chimp ]

noun

, Informal.

1. chimpanzee.

chimp

/ tʃɪmp /

noun

1. informal.
   short for chimpanzee

Word History and Origins

Origin of chimp¹

First recorded in 1875–80; by shortening

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Beppo can communicate with words via a keyboard of icons, but when mission control loses control of the spacecraft, it’s up to Mulaney’s character to tell the chimp the bad news in words he can understand: “Beppo no go home. Beppo go dark. Beppo equals zero forever.”

From Los Angeles Times

There was a sublimely silly video in which Mulaney plays a ground control officer trying to help a chimp astronaut return to Earth early in the show.

From Los Angeles Times

Extra points for making Beppo the doomed chimp look so realistic and adorable.

From Los Angeles Times

The results indicated that even if every chimp in the world was enlisted and able to type at a pace of one key per second until the end of the universe, they wouldn't even come close to typing out the Bard's works.

From BBC