chimp

noun

ˈchimp

sometimes ˈshimp

: chimpanzee

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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 After Tonka is taken away from Haddix, she’s asked if anything can take the chimp’s place in her life. —

Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chimp