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chimp out

/t͡ʃɪmp aʊt/

chimp out verb: of a black person, to behave aggressively or violently. Also the alternative form of chimpout.

Verb

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

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, slang, slur) Of a black person, to behave aggressively or violently.
    • 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...2012, D. S. Brown, Why I Voted for President Barack Hussein Obama II, Bloomington, Indiana, United States: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 44
    Synonyms:
    chimp
  2. (intransitive, offensive, slang, usually) To wild out; to crash out; to react with anger to another's joke.

Also used as

chimp out is also the alternative form of chimpout.

Synonyms of chimp out

Forms of chimp out

Verb
third-person singular presentchimps out
present participlechimping out
past participlechimped out
pastchimped out
Noun
pluralchimp outs

Origin of chimp out

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.

Questions about chimp out

What does chimp out mean?
Chimp out means of a black person, to behave aggressively or violently.
What part of speech is chimp out?
Chimp out is a verb.
How do you pronounce chimp out?
Chimp out is pronounced /t͡ʃɪmp aʊt/.
What is the past tense of chimp out?
The past tense of chimp out is chimped out.

Words near chimp out in the dictionary

  1. Chimoong
  2. chimopelagic
  3. Chimor
  4. chimos
  5. chimp
  6. chimp out
  7. chimp outs
  8. Chimpanese
  9. chimpanzee
  10. chimpanzee fire
  11. chimpanzeelike

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