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monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/noun, verb2 syllables

Monkey means: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.

Synonyms for monkey16

noun, as in one who is playfully mischievous

imp, scamp, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag

verb, as in do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey around, muck about, muck around

verb, as in play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

tamper, fiddle

also used for monkey

interfere

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What does monkey mean?4

verb

1

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly“The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”

2

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly“Someone tampered with the documents on my desk”

noun

1

one who is playfully mischievous

2

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with monkey?3

two syllables

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Monkey in a sentence

  • He believed he was a monkey, and spent entire days in the trees.Nylez
  • The higher a monkey climbs, the more he shows his ass.Amastan
  • Even if a monkey dresses in silk, it's still a monkey.johannessleon
  • Guys, this year will be the year of monkey business.maaster
  • Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.Cangarejo
  • A large monkey was capering about amidst the crowd, amusing everybody.retr0ra1n
  • But when the monkey came back, the tin cup was always empty.Dejo
  • When there is no tigers in mountains, the monkey becomes the king.JimmyUK

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Forms of monkey

as a noun

plural
monkeys

as a verb

past tense
monkeyed
present participle
monkeying
third-person singular
monkeys
past participle
monkeyed