chimp

noun

ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
 sometimes  ˈshimp

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Now, new research says the practices are not only effective at saving human lives, but chimp lives as well. Michael Franco, New Atlas, 6 June 2025 Each chimp was exposed to the robot displaying one of the three expressions during separate 15-minute sessions. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2025 Scientists analyzed recordings of three groups of chimpanzees living in the Ivory Coast and found that chimps can combine their hoots, grunts and calls in a similar way to how humans use idioms or change the order of words to build new phrases. Evan Bush, NBC news, 11 May 2025 This hi-tech vehicle and mobile lab was piloted by a trio of young scientists and a talking chimp who scoured the wastelands of a future Earth looking for other survivors after a new Dark Ages had fallen due to extreme pollution and endless wars. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for chimp

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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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 20 Jul. 2025.

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chimp

noun
ˈchimp How to pronounce chimp (audio)
ˈshimp

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