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mon·key  (mngk)

n. pl. mon·keys

1. Any of various long-tailed, medium-sized members of the order Primates, including the macaques, baboons, guenons, capuchins, marmosets, and tamarins and excluding the anthropoid apes and the prosimians.

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. Slang Drug addiction: have a monkey on one's back.

v. mon·keyed, mon·key·ing, mon·keys

v.intr. Informal

1. To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something.

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

v.tr.

To imitate or mimic; ape.

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monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, etc.): comprise the families Cercopithecidae (see Old World monkey), Cebidae (see New World monkey), and Callithricidae (marmosets) Related adj simian

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any primate except man

3. a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child

4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the head of a pile-driver (monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (modifier) Nautical denoting a small light structure or piece of equipment contrived to suit an immediate purpose a monkey foresail a monkey bridge

6. (Law / Recreational Drugs) US and Canadian slang an addict's dependence on a drug (esp in the phrase have a monkey on one's back)

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

8. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) Slang (esp in bookmaking) £500

9. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) US and Canadian slang $500

10. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral slang., archaic a sheep

give a monkey's Brit slang to care about or regard as important who gives a monkey's what he thinks?

vb

1. (intr; usually foll by around, with, etc.) to meddle, fool, or tinker

2. (tr) Rare to imitate; ape

[perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
	2.	monkey - one who is playfully mischievous     scamp, imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" brat, holy terror, little terror, terror - a very troublesome child
Verb	1.	monkey - play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" tamper, fiddle manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it
	2.	monkey - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, tinker, putter puddle - mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

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monkey

noun

1. simian, ape, primate, jackanapes (archaic) He walked on all fours like a monkey.

2. rascal, horror, devil, rogue, imp, tyke, scallywag, mischief maker, scamp She's such a little monkey.

Related words
adjective simian
collective noun troop

Quotations
"monkey: an arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Monkeys, apes and other primates

aye-aye, baboon, Barbary ape, bonnet monkey, bushbaby or galago, capuchin, chacma, chimpanzee or chimp, colobus, douc, douroucouli, drill, flying lemur or colugo, gelada, gibbon, gorilla, green monkey, grivet, guenon, guereza, howler monkey, indris or indri, langur, lemur, loris, macaco, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, marmoset, mona, monkey or (archaic) jackanapes, orang-outang, orang-utan, or orang, proboscis monkey, rhesus monkey, saki, siamang, sifaka, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, talapoin, tamarin, tana, tarsier, titi, vervet, wanderoo

Translations

monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ]

A. N (Zool) → mono m (fig) (= child) → diablillo m
I don't give a monkey's → me importa un rábano
to make a monkey out of sb → poner a algn en ridículo

B. CPD monkey business N (dishonest) → trapisondas fpl, tejemanejes mpl; (mischievous) → travesuras fpl, diabluras fpl
monkey nut N (Brit) → cacahuete m, maní m (LAm), cacahuate m (Mex)
monkey puzzle N (Bot) → araucaria f
monkey shines NPL (US) = monkey tricks monkey suit N → traje m de etiqueta, esmoquin m
monkey tricks NPL → travesuras fpl
monkey wrench N → llave f inglesa

monkey about monkey around VI + ADV → hacer tonterías
to monkey about or monkey around with sth → juguetear con algo

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monkey [ˈmʌŋki] n

(= animal) → singe m

(= naughty child) → polisson(e) m/f
monkey bars npl → cage f à poules
monkey business n

(dishonest) → affaire f louche

(mischievous) → singeries fpl
monkey nut n (British) → cacahuète f
monkey wrench n → clé f à molette

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monkey

n → Affe m; (fig: = child) → Strolch m, → Schlingel m; to make a monkey out of somebody (inf) → jdn verhohnepipeln (inf); well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle (inf) → (ich glaub,) mich laust der Affe (inf); to have a monkey on one’s back (US inf) → an der Nadel hängen (inf); I don’t give a monkey’s (about it) (Brit inf) → das ist mir scheißegal (inf) → or schnurzpiepe (hum inf); as clever as a cartload or barrel (load) of monkeys (Brit inf) → ganz schön clever (inf)

vi to monkey around (inf) → herumalbern; to monkey around with something → an etw (dat) → herumspielen or -fummeln (inf)

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monkey:

monkey bars

pl → Klettergerüst nt

monkey business

n (inf) no monkey! → mach(t) mir keine Sachen! (inf); there’s too much monkey → da ist zu viel faul (inf); what monkey have you been getting up to? → was hast du jetzt schon wieder angestellt?

monkey engine

n (Tech: = pile-driver) → Pfahlramme f

monkey jacket

n → Affenjäckchen nt (inf)

monkey nut

n → Erdnuss f

monkey puzzle (tree)

n → Andentanne f, → Araukarie f (spec)

monkeyshines

pl (US inf) → Streiche pl

monkey suit

n (inf: = tails) → Frack m; he was all done up in his monkey → er hatte sich in volle Montur or in Schale geworfen (inf)

monkey tricks

pl → Unfug m, → dumme Streiche pl; no monkey! → mach(t) mir keinen Unfug!; I bet he’s been getting up to some monkey again! → der hat doch sicher wieder irgendwas ausgeheckt (inf)

monkey wrench

n → verstellbarer Schraubenschlüssel, Engländer m; to throw a monkey into the works (US inf) → jdm einen Knüppel zwischen die Beine werfen (inf)

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monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → scimmia (fig) (child) → birbante m

monkey about monkey around vi + adv (fam) → far lo/la scemo/a
to monkey about with sth → armeggiare con qc

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monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → scimmia (fig) (child) → birbante m

monkey about monkey around vi + adv (fam) → far lo/la scemo/a
to monkey about with sth → armeggiare con qc

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monkey

n monkey [ˈmaŋki]

1 an animal of the type most like man, especially those which are small and have long tails (ie not the apes). aap قِرْد، سَعْدان маймуна opice abe der Affe μαϊμού mono ahv میمون apina singe קוֹף बंदर majmun majom monyet api; smáapi; apaköttur scimmia 猿 원숭이 beždžionė pērtiķis monyet aap ape małpa macaco maimuţă обезьяна opica opica majmun apa ลิง maymun 猴子 мавпа بندر con khỉ 猴子

2 a mischievous child Their son is a little monkey. apie وَلَد مُؤْذٍ непослушно дете dareba, -nice spilopmager der Affe κατεργάρης, διαβολάκι diablillo, pillo pärdik بچه شیطون veijari polisson/-onne שוֹבָב शरारती लड़का poput majmuna rosszcsont anak nakal prakkari birbante いたずらっ子 바보, 장난꾸러기 išdykėlis nerātnis; palaidnis si nakal aap tøysekopp, skøyer psotnik diabrete copil neastâmpărat шалун, проказник nezbedník nagajivec majmun rackarunge เด็กซุกซน yaramaz çocuk 淘氣的小孩 пустун, шибеник چنچل بچہ thằng nhãi ranh 淘气的小孩

v

(especially withwith) to meddle or interfere Who's been monkeying (about) with the television set? inmeng يَعْبَث، يَتَدَخَّل барникам hrabat se (v) rode med herumspielen (mit) πειράζω, ανακατεύω juguetear käperdama دستکاری کردن näpelöidä tripoter לְשָׂחֵק praviti psine babrál vmivel mengganggu fíflast með, fikta við armeggiare, trafficare いたずらする 장난치다 nagus kišti, lįsti palaidņoties; niekoties mengusik donderjagen klusse/fikle med majstrować mexer a se juca соваться; копаться babrať sa (s) igračkati se petljati mixtra (greja) med เลียนแบบ kurcalamak 瞎弄 втручатися دست اندازي کرنا làm trò khỉ 瞎弄

monkey business

mishievous or illegal happenings etc. oneerlike sake أحْداث مُؤسِفَه أو غَيْر قانونِيَّه пакости lumpárna, švindl snyderi krumme Tour σκανταλιά, βρομοδουλειά travesuras, trampas sulitembud کار غیر قانونی hämärä(peräise)t puuhat singeries, combines עֶסֶק מְפוּקפַּק आमान्य, गैरकानूनी या बेईमानी का व्यवहार majmunska posla gyanús ügy urusan ilegal, permainan curang prakkarastrik; klækir tiro mancino, birbonata いんちき 사기, 부정행위 nerimtas/nešvarus reikalas ākstīšanās; muļķošanās urusan tidak sah kattekwaad, zwendel bløff, lureri szachrajstwo, kombinowanie diabrura pungăşie, escrocherie шалости, проделки čertovina; podfuk spletkarjenje majmunska posla ofog, fuffens สิ่งไม่ชอบมาพากล düzenbazlık, dolandırıcılık 胡鬧 пустощі, дурощі فتنہ انگیزی trò hề 胡闹

monkey nut, peanut

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monkey → قرد opice abe Affe μαϊμού mono apina singe majmun scimmia サル 원숭이 aap ape małpa macaco обезьяна apa ลิง maymun con khỉ 猴子