monkey business

n. Slang

Silly, mischievous, or deceitful acts or behavior.

monkey business

Informal mischievous, suspect, dishonest, or meddlesome behaviour or acts

monkey business - A transfer of the tricks of monkeys to human behavior.

See also related terms for monkeys.

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Noun

monkey business - mischievous or deceitful behavior

mischief, mischief-making, devilment, roguery, shenanigan, roguishness, devilry, deviltry, mischievousness, rascality - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

monkey business

noun

1. mischief, carry-on (informal, chiefly Brit.), clowning, pranks, shenanigans (informal), skylarking (informal), horseplay, tomfoolery, monkey tricks In bed by nine, and no monkey business.

2. dishonesty, trickery, skulduggery (informal), chicanery, hanky-panky (informal), funny business cold-blooded expertise and political monkey business

Translations

monkey business n monkey tricks npl (fam) → scherzi mpl

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hanky-panky
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mischievousness
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monkeys
rascality
roguery
roguishness
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Byline: TOM PETTIFOR LIKE all best buddies they love hanging out, having a laugh and indulging in a little monkey business - even though one of them is a dog.

THE BEAST OF FRIENDS by The Mirror (London, England)

Q CAN you give me any information about Jim Cronin who presented Monkey Business on TV with his wife Alison?

Just ask by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

2 million to viewers following the discovery that audiences had been misled on The Richard & Judy Show's 'You Say We Pay' quiz since 2004, it was decided not to reintroduce either the Champion Tipster or Monkey Business phone-ins.

No more Monkey Business as Channel 4 scraps phone-ins by The Racing Post (London, England)