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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 that 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

Noun

1. any long-tailed primate that is not a lemur or tarsier

2. (loosely) any primate that is not a human

3. a naughty or mischievous child

4. Slang £500 or $500

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

Verb

monkey around or about with to meddle or tinker with [origin unknown]

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)

noun 2. rascal, horror, devil, rogue, imp, tyke, scallywag, mischief maker, scamp, nointer Austral. (slang) >> adjective simian >> collective noun troop

Translations

monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → mono

monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → singe m

monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → Affe m

monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → scimmia

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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). aapقِرْد، سَعْدانмаймунаopiceabeder Affeμαϊμούmonoahvمیمونapinasingeקוֹףबंदरmajmunmajommonyetapi; smáapi; apakötturscimmia猿원숭이beždžionėpērtiķismonyetaapapemałpamacacomaimuţăобезьянаopicaopicamajmunapaลิงmaymun猴子мавпаبندرcon khỉ猴子

2 a mischievous child Their son is a little monkey.apieوَلَد مُؤْذٍнепослушно детеdareba, -nicespilopmagerder Affeκατεργάρης, διαβολάκιdiablillo, pillopärdikبچه شیطونveijaripolisson/-onneשוֹבָבशरारती लड़काpoput majmunarosszcsontanak nakalprakkaribirbanteいたずらっ子장난꾸러기išdykėlisnerātnis; palaidnissi nakalaaptøysekopp, skøyerpsotnikdiabretecopil neastâmpăratшалун, проказникnezbedníknagajivecmajmunrackarungeเด็กซุกซนyaramaz çocuk淘氣的小孩пустун, шибеникچنچل بچہthằng nhãi ranh淘气的小孩

v

(especially with with) to meddle or interfere Who's been monkeying (about) with the television set?inmengيَعْبَث، يَتَدَخَّلбарникамhrabat se (v)rode medherumspielen (mit)πειράζω, ανακατεύωjuguetearkäperdamaدستکاری کردنnäpelöidätripoterלְשָׂחֵקpraviti psinebabrál vmivelmengganggufíflast með, fikta viðarmeggiare, trafficareいたずらする장난치다, 가지고 놀다nagus kišti, lįstipalaidņoties; niekotiesmengusikdonderjagenklusse/fikle medmajstrowaćmexera se jucaсоваться; копатьсяbabrať sa (s)igračkati sepetljatimixtra (greja) medเลียนแบบkurcalamak瞎弄втручатисяدست اندازي کرناlàm trò khỉ瞎弄

monkey business

mishievous or illegal happenings etc. oneerlike sakeأحْداث مُؤسِفَه أو غَيْر قانونِيَّهпакостиlumpárna, švindlsnyderikrumme Tourσκανταλιά, βρομοδουλειάtravesuras, trampassulitembudکار غیر قانونیhämärä(peräise)t puuhatsingeries, combinesעֶסֶק מְפוּקפַּקआमान्य, गैरकानूनी या बेईमानी का व्यवहारmajmunska poslagyanús ügyurusan ilegal, permainan curangprakkarastrik; klækirtiro mancino, birbonataいんちき장난, 사기, 불법 행위nerimtas/nešvarus reikalasākstīšanās; muļķošanāsurusan tidak sahkattekwaad, zwendelbløff, lureriszachrajstwo, kombinowaniediabrurapungăşie, escrocherieшалости, проделкиčertovina; podfukspletkarjenjemajmunska poslaofog, fuffensสิ่งไม่ชอบมาพากลdüzenbazlık, dolandırıcılık胡鬧пустощі, дурощіفتنہ انگیزیtrò hề胡闹

monkey nut, peanut