chimp

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/t͡ʃɪmp/

noun

A black person.

“The chimps in the zoo were making a racket.”

Similar
chimpanzeePan troglodytes
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Meanings

nounchimp (plural chimps)

plural chimps

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of chimpanzee.

    The chimps in the zoo were making a racket.

  2. ethnicoffensiveslurA black person.
verbchimp (third-person singular simple present chimps, present participle chimping, simple past and past participle chimped)

present singular third person chimps · participle present chimping · participle past chimped · past chimped

  1. derogatoryinformaloftenTo review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.
  2. derogatoryinformaloftenTo get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.
  3. abbreviationclippingderogatoryoffensiveslangClipping of chimp out.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounintelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Similar
chimpanzeePan troglodytes
Broader
great apepongid
Also see
chimpanzeechimp out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Clipping of chimpanzee.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chimp

implimppimpcrimpblimpskimpprimpscrimpdimpguimpeimp.quimp
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APA

chimp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp

MLA

“chimp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chimp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp.

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