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Image:Monkey batu.jpg|thumb|A monkey.

English

Pronunciation


Etymology

From ; compare Moneke, name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox.

Noun

  1. Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
  2. In the Context of A mischievous child.
  3. : Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!
  4. In the Context of Five-hundred pounds sterling.
  5. A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
  6. In the Context of A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. See also nigger and/or jigaboo.
  7. : Get away from my daughter, you dirty monkey!
  8. A face card in w:blackjack|blackjack


Translations

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Verb

{{en-verb|monkeys|monkeying|monkeyed or monkied}}

  1. To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
  2. : ''Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.


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Category:1000 English basic words Category:Primates

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. Monkeys. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.
monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.
fr. madonna. See Madonna.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,
including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
(b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
(c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such
as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of
apes and baboons.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: (a)
Catarrhines, or Simidae. These have an oblong head,
with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have
no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old
World. (b) Platyrhines, or Cebidae. These have a
round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the
nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail
is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not
opposable. These are natives of the New World. (c)
Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a pointed
head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern
Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
[1913 Webster]

2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a
mischievous child.
[1913 Webster]

This is the monkey's own giving out; she is
persuaded I will marry her. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very
heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on
the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the
falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
[1913 Webster]

4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
[1913 Webster]

Monkey boat. (Naut.)
(a) A small boat used in docks.
(b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.

Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a
swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so
called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.

Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast
for the better display of signals at sea.

Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by
sailors.

Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about
six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.

Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]

Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.

Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Monkey \Mon"key\, v. t. & i.
To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a
grotesque or meddlesome manner.
[1913 Webster]

To monkey with, To monkey around with, to handle in a
meddlesome manner. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet monkey
n 1: any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the
prosimians)
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp, rascal,
rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
v 1: 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" [syn: tamper,
fiddle]
2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little
house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker,
monkey around, muck about, muck around]
Moby Dictionary
Cape polecat , Chiroptera , Irish , Lagomorpha , Primates , Rodentia ,
ape , ass , babe , bad temper , bantam , bar , bawbee , bear , boob , butt ,
byword , byword of reproach , cavy , chimp , chimpanzee , chump , cinch ,
conformist , coon , copier , copy , copycat , copyist , coquet ,
counterfeiter , credulous person , crown , cuckoo , cull , dabble ,
dally , dander , derision , devil , dissembler , dissimulator , dollar ,
dupe , duplicate , easy mark , easy pickings , echo , echoer , echoist ,
fair game , faker , fall guy , farthing , ferret , fiddle , fiddle with ,
fiddle-faddle , fidget with , figure of fun , finger with , fish ,
fiver , flirt , florin , fool , fool around , fool with , forger ,
foumart , fourpence , fourpenny , fribble , frivol , game , gamin ,
gazingstock , glutton , goat , gobe-mouches , greener , greenhorn ,
greeny , groat , groundhog , gudgeon , guinea , guinea pig , gull ,
half crown , half dollar , halfpenny , hedgehog , horse around ,
hypocrite , idle , imitate , imitator , imp , impersonate , impersonator ,
impostor , innocent , interfere with , jerk off , jest , jestingstock ,
joke , kid around , laughingstock , leadpipe cinch , little , loiter ,
mag , mark , meddle with , meg , mess around , mime , mimer , mimic ,
mimicker , mischief-maker , mite , mocker , mockery , mockingbird , monk ,
monkey around , mousehound , new pence , np , opossum , p , parrot ,
patsy , pence , penny , petite , phony , piddle , pigeon , plagiarist ,
play , play around , play with , plaything , polecat , poll-parrot ,
polly , polly-parrot , pony , porcupine , poseur , possum , potter ,
pound , prairie dog , primate , prize sap , pushover , putter , quid ,
quill pig , raccoon , rapscallion , rascal , sap , saphead , scamp ,
schlemiel , sheep , shilling , simian , simulator , sitting duck ,
sixpence , skunk , smallish , smatter , stock , stooge , sucker ,
tamper with , target , temper , tenner , threepence , threepenny bit ,
thrippence , tinker , toy , toy with , trifle , trusting soul , tuppence ,
twiddle , twopence , victim , weasel , whistle-pig , wolverine ,
woodchuck , zoril


MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
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