chimp out

/t͡ʃɪmp aʊt/

verb

Of a black person, to behave aggressively or violently.

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Meanings

verbchimp out (third-person singular simple present chimps out, present participle chimping out, simple past and past participle chimped out)

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

  1. derogatoryethnicintransitiveslangslurOf a black person, to behave aggressively or violently.
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    On one blog I was treated to a picture of a caged monkey with the below caption: Imagine for a minute the fantastic awesome reaction among other chimps if Obama was pulled from his palace and sent to Nigger University (Prison) for 25 years. Not only would they chimp out, but it'd be a perfect excuse to add them to the good nigger (dead nigger) list. It's a win-win!

    2012, D. S. Brown, Why I Voted for President Barack Hussein Obama II, Bloomington, Indiana, United States: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 44

    Synonyms: chimp

  2. intransitiveoffensiveslangusuallyTo wild out; to crash out; to react with anger to another's joke.
nounchimp out (plural chimp outs)

plural chimp outs

  1. alternativederogatoryethnicintransitiveoffensiveslangslurusuallyAlternative form of chimpout.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbOf a black person, to behave aggressively or violently.

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Origin

From chimp + out, comparing the stereotyped behavior of black people to chimpanzees. Popularized in 2025–2026 by online figures such as Chud the Builder, at which point it began to be used in a nonracial sense (as, e.g., by 6ix9ine). The noun is a deverbal of the verb.

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APA

chimp out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp%20out

MLA

“chimp out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chimp out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimp%20out.

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