She-ape

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female ape.

    "“I have never told you my story, Olga. It would have been better had you known it—this might not have happened. I never saw my father. The only mother I knew was a ferocious she-ape.”"

  2. 2
    A black woman. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

    "Why would anybody, black or white, want to date a big stinky, sweaty, she-ape?"

Example

More examples

"“I have never told you my story, Olga. It would have been better had you known it—this might not have happened. I never saw my father. The only mother I knew was a ferocious she-ape.”"

Etymology

From she- + ape.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.