Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chimpanzee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
chimpanzee .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal Short for
chimpanzee . - verb informal, often pejorative To
review every image on adigital camera after taking them. - verb informal, often pejorative To get very
excited when showing images on a digital camera.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
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Examples
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I have to agree that a chimp is the LAST pet I would consider.
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The only think funnier than a photo of a chimp is a conservative trying to discuss race.
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Karl needs his security clearance to gain access to the warrantless wiretap info so he can help the repubs stay in control cuz if they lose the chimp is history.
Think Progress » Rove will keep his security clearance. 2006
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As the search continues, Loren Coleman wonders over at Cryptomundo if this was a case of mistaken identity and that the chimp is actually Bigfoot.
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But on a more serious note, owning a pet with the level of consciousness of a chimp is horribly unethical.
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“Opponents of the bill might want to print bumper stickers saying, ‘When owning a pet chimp is a crime, then only criminals will have pet chimps.’”
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The chimp is off, running God-knows-where, by the time the fat man has a knife and fork in his greasy, chubby hands.
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Like reminding the reader that a chimp is not a monkey.
A flash in the pan, I am the nothing man pabba 2009
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The chimp is off, running God-knows-where, by the time the fat man has a knife and fork in his greasy, chubby hands.
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Phil Klinker offers “Opponents of the bill might want to print bumper stickers saying, ‘When owning a pet chimp is a crime, then only criminals will have pet chimps.’”
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