verb
- copying or imitating someone’s behavior, mannerisms, or actions, often in a mocking way
Usage: present participle of ‘ape’
Examples
- The child was aping his older brother’s walk.
- She accused him of aping the celebrity’s style.
- The comedian made a living aping famous politicians.
- Stop aping everything I do and be yourself.
- The students were aping their teacher’s accent.
- He was aping the mannerisms of his favorite actor.