Hy"lo*bate\, n. [Gr. ? one that walks or inhabits the woods: ? a wood + ? to go.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
