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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

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

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monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → singe m

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monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ] n → Affe m

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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). 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 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, 가지고 놀다 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 장난, 사기, 불법 행위 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