Ape and Play

Ape

Ape verb - To use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior.

Usage example: was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent

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Play and ape are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Ape".

Play verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

Usage example: played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic

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Ape and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ape" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old ape	old play
good	good ape	good play
normal	normal ape	normal play
single	single ape	single play
Other adjectives: poor, actual, real, big, great, dark, main, famous, titular, next, last, eponymous.

He immediately uses his new invisibility to play pranks, most of which get blamed on DK, the only other ape to know what's going on.

Source: Invisible Jerkass
In Unseen Academicals, the wizards win over Ankh-Morpork United, despite the fact that they've had less training, are a combination of fat wizards, an ape, an orc, and a boy who can only play football with tin cans, and play more fairly than much of Ankh-Morpork United.

Source: Underdogs Never Lose
In The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill, the Anti-Hero "Yank" takes being called an ape so seriously that, by the play's final scene, he wholeheartedly believes he is one.

Source: Son of an Ape

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