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Monkey
ˈmʌŋki
Monkey definitions
noun
monkeys
monkey
- a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries
- (in general use) any primate
- a mischievous person, especially a child
"where have you been, you little monkey!"
- a person who is dominated or controlled by another (with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ-grinder)
- a sum of £500
- a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove
verb
monkeys
monkeying
monkeyed
monkey
- behave in a silly or playful way
"I saw them monkeying about by the shop"
fool about fool around play about play around clown about clown around fiddle-faddle- tamper with
"don't monkey with that lock!"
- ape; mimic
"then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead"