Sekirov Dictionary

monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/

noun 21
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 11

noun21

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an animal that lives mostly in trees and has a long tail and hands like a person's
- He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
Any simian, including humans.
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(nonstandard) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
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(informal, figurative) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- Stop misbehaving, you cheeky little monkey!
(disapproving, figurative) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
(offensive) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way.
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(slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (UK) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- [I] gave her a monkey — just half my last thou — and started to earn some more. — 1918
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(disapproving, figurative) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- No, no, no, not you. I want to talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey.
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(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey.
(offensive, figurative) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
(offensive, figurative) A black person.
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A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- Do the Monkey, yeah, Do the Monkey, yeah, Ah, twist them hips, Let your backbone slip, Now move your feet, Get on the beat... — 1963
(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
(offensive, figurative) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
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The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- Someone handed me a monkey of grog. I forced myself to sip it, not down it. — 2007
(slang, vulgar) A penis.
(slang, figurative) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
Synonym of face card.
(slang) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

verb2

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(informal) To meddle; to mess (with).
- Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
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To mimic; to ape.
- He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut. — 2011

forms

monkeyed · monkied · monkeying · monkeys · monkies

Phrases with monkey

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