monkey

Definition of Monkey in English :

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Noun

1. monkey

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

2. imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp

one who is playfully mischievous

Verb

3. fiddle, monkey, tamper

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Example Sentences:
'Someone tampered with the documents on my desk'
'The reporter fiddle with the facts'

4. mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Example Sentences:
'The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Monkey

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noun

1.

any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae (marmosets)

Old World monkey, New World monkey ▶ Related adjective: simian

2.

any primate except man

3.

a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child

4.

the head of a pile-driver (monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device

5. (modifier) nautical

denoting a small light structure or piece of equipment contrived to suit an immediate purpose

a monkey foresail

a monkey bridge

6. US and Canadian slang

an addict's dependence on a drug

7. slang

a butt of derision; someone made to look a fool (esp in the phrase make a monkey of)

8. slang

(esp in bookmaking) £500

9. US and Canadian slang

$500

10. Australian slang, archaic

a sheep

11. give a monkey's

12. have a monkey on one's back

verb

13. (intr; usually foll by around, with, etc)

to meddle, fool, or tinker

14. (transitive) rare

to imitate; ape

Monkey

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nounWord forms: plural ˈmonkeys

1.

a.

any of several families of Old and New World primates usually having a flat, hairless face and a long tail

b. Loosely

any of other, similar primates, as a gibbon or chimpanzee

2.

the fur of some species of long-haired monkeys

3.

a person regarded as somehow like a monkey, as a mischievous or imitative child

4.

any of various mechanical devices, as the iron block raised and dropped in a pile driver

verb intransitive

5. US, Informal

to play, fool, trifle, or meddle

often followed by around, with, or around with

verb transitive

6. Rare

to mimic; ape

Monkey

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n. pl. mon·keys

1.

a. Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes.

b. A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.

2. One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.

3. The iron block of a pile driver.

4. Slang A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool: They made a monkey out of him.

5. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin.

v. mon·keyed, mon·key·ing, mon·keys

v. intr.
Informal

1. To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something: Who was monkeying with my phone?

2. To behave in a mischievous or apish manner: Stop monkeying around!

v. tr.

To imitate or mimic; ape.

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