chimp

noun

ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
 sometimes  ˈshimp

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Haddix claimed that the chimp had died after authorities removed some of the animals from a home where Haddix was caring for them in Missouri. Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024 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. Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024 Tonka disappeared in 2021 under Haddix’s care at the Missouri Primate Foundation, a now-defunct breeding facility, after a court granted PETA permission to transfer Tonka and several other chimps to a sanctuary. Angela Yang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 That’s very small compared with the modern human brain, which averages 1,400 cubic centimeters, and comparable to the average modern chimp brain. Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 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 28 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

chimp

noun
ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
ˈshimp

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