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mon·key

(mŭng′kē)

n. pl. mon·keys

a. Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes.

b. A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.

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. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin.

v. mon·keyed, mon·key·ing, mon·keys

v.intr. Informal

1. To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something: Who was monkeying with my cell phone?

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

v.tr.

To imitate or mimic; ape.

Idiom:

monkey on one's back

1. An addiction to a drug.

2. An object of persistent worry or obsession.

[Perhaps ultimately from Middle Low German Moneke, name of a young ape in the beast epic Reynke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), shortening of Simoneke, diminutive (used in punning reference to Latin sīmia, ape, monkey; see simian) of the Middle High German name Simon (equivalent to English Simeon Simon).]

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monkey

(ˈmʌŋkɪ)

1. (Animals) any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae (marmosets). See Old World monkey, New World monkey

2. (Animals) any primate except man

3. a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child

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

5. (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. (Recreational Drugs) slang US and Canadian an addict's dependence on a drug

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

8. (Gambling, except Cards) slang (esp in bookmaking) £500

9. (Currencies) slang US and Canadian $500

10. (Animals) slang archaic Austral a sheep

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

12. have a monkey on one's back slang

a. to be troubled by a persistent problem

b. US and Canadian to be addicted to a drug

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

14. (tr) rare to imitate; ape

[C16: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox]

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mon•key

(ˈmʌŋ ki)

n., pl. –keys, v.

1. any mammal of two major groupings of Primates, the Old World monkeys or catarrhines, and the New World monkeys or platyrrhines, both characterized by flattened faces, binocular vision, and usu. long tails.

2. the fur of certain long-haired monkeys.

a. a mischievous, agile child.

b. fool; dupe.

v.i.

4. Informal. to trifle idly; fool (often fol. by around or with).

v.t.

5. to imitate; mimic.

Idioms:

1. make a monkey (out) of, to cause to appear ridiculous; make a fool of.

2. monkey on one's back, Slang.

a. an addiction to a drug.

b. a burdensome problem, situation, or responsibility.

[1520–30; appar. < Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke (name of son of Martin the Ape in the story of Reynard) =mone- (akin to Sp, Portuguese mono ape) + -ke diminutive suffix]

mon′key•ish, adj.

mon′key•ish•ly, adv.

mon′key•ish•ness, n.

mon·key

(mŭng′kē)

Any of various primates of medium size that have long tails. Most monkeys live in trees in tropical or subtropical regions. Baboons, macaques, mandrills, and marmosets are monkeys. Compare ape.

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monkey

Past participle: monkeyed
Gerund: monkeying

Imperative
monkey
monkey

Present
I monkey
you monkey
he/she/it monkeys
we monkey
you monkey
they monkey

Preterite
I monkeyed
you monkeyed
he/she/it monkeyed
we monkeyed
you monkeyed
they monkeyed

Present Continuous
I am monkeying
you are monkeying
he/she/it is monkeying
we are monkeying
you are monkeying
they are monkeying

Present Perfect
I have monkeyed
you have monkeyed
he/she/it has monkeyed
we have monkeyed
you have monkeyed
they have monkeyed

Past Continuous
I was monkeying
you were monkeying
he/she/it was monkeying
we were monkeying
you were monkeying
they were monkeying

Past Perfect
I had monkeyed
you had monkeyed
he/she/it had monkeyed
we had monkeyed
you had monkeyed
they had monkeyed

Future
I will monkey
you will monkey
he/she/it will monkey
we will monkey
you will monkey
they will monkey

Future Perfect
I will have monkeyed
you will have monkeyed
he/she/it will have monkeyed
we will have monkeyed
you will have monkeyed
they will have monkeyed

Future Continuous
I will be monkeying
you will be monkeying
he/she/it will be monkeying
we will be monkeying
you will be monkeying
they will be monkeying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been monkeying
you have been monkeying
he/she/it has been monkeying
we have been monkeying
you have been monkeying
they have been monkeying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been monkeying
you will have been monkeying
he/she/it will have been monkeying
we will have been monkeying
you will have been monkeying
they will have been monkeying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been monkeying
you had been monkeying
he/she/it had been monkeying
we had been monkeying
you had been monkeying
they had been monkeying

Conditional
I would monkey
you would monkey
he/she/it would monkey
we would monkey
you would monkey
they would monkey

Past Conditional
I would have monkeyed
you would have monkeyed
he/she/it would have monkeyed
we would have monkeyed
you would have monkeyed
they would have monkeyed

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Monkey

A colloquial expression for a one-horse plowlike implement used to hook and pull up cane stalks by their roots. Also see Water monkey.

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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"

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

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monkey

noun

Slang. A person who is easily deceived or victimized:

butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim.

Informal: sucker.

Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap.

Chiefly British: mug.

verb

1. Informal. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively:

fiddle, fool, meddle, mess, tamper, tinker.

2. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:

fiddle, fidget, fool, play, putter, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle.

Translations

قِرْدٌقِرْد، سَعْدانوَلَد مُؤْذٍيَعْبَث، يَتَدَخَّل

маймунмаймуна

mico

opicedarebahrabat se-nice

abespilopmager

Affe herumspielen

μαϊμού πίθηκος

simio

mono pillo chango diablillo juguetear

بوزینه

apina

singe tripoter guenon

majmun

majomrosszcsontbabrál vmivel

keramonyet

apiapi; smáapi; apakötturfíflast meî, fikta viîprakkari

scimmia 500 sterline armeggiare monellaccio

サル

원숭이

simia

beždžionėišdykėlislįstinagus kištinerimtas reikalas

nerātnisniekotiespērtiķis

aapapin

apeapekatttøysekopp

małpa

macaco

maimuţă

обезьяна

opica

opicaafna

apa

tumbili

ลิง

maymunyaramaz çocukkurcalamak

con khỉ

猴子瞎弄淘气的小孩

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/fmonkey bars npl → cage f à poulesmonkey business n

(dishonest) → affaire f louche

(mischievous) → singeries fplmonkey nut n (British) → cacahuète fmonkey wrench n → clé f à molette

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)

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

monkey

(ˈmaŋki) noun

1. an animal of the type most like man, especially those which are small and have long tails (ie not the apes).

2. a mischievous child. Their son is a little monkey.

verb

(especially with with) to meddle or interfere. Who's been monkeying (about) with the television set?

monkey business

mishievous or illegal happenings etc.

monkey nutpeanut

monkey

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