Apache
noun
ə-ˈpa-chē 
in sense 3
ə-ˈpash plural Apache or Apaches ə-ˈpa-chēz
-ˈpash,
-ˈpa-shəz
1
: a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.
2
: any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people
3
not capitalized [French, from Apache Apache Indian]
a
: a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris
b
: ruffian
Apachean
ə-ˈpa-chē-ən
adjective or noun 
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, perhaps from Zuni ʔa·paču Navajo, Apachean
First Known Use
1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
Apache
noun
ə-ˈpa-chē
1
: a member of a tribe of indigenous people of the southwestern United States
2
: any of the languages of the Apache people
- put (someone) off his/her stride
- put (someone) off his/her stroke
- put (someone) on to
- put (someone) out of a job
- put (someone) out of work
- put (someone) out to grass
- put (someone) to flight
- put (someone) to the sword
- put (someone) up to
- put (something or someone) on the map
- put (something) behind (oneself)
- put (something) down to
- put (something) into practice
- put (something) into service
- put (something) into words
- put (something) out of one's mind
- put (something) over on (someone)
- put (something) to (good) use
- put (something) together with
- put a check on
- put a cork in it
- put a crimp in
- put a dampener on
- put a damper on
- put a dent