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   monkey

   /ˈmʌŋki/

   noun

   • 1. a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
   • ▪ (in general use) any primate. Similar simianprimateape
   • ▪ a mischievous person, especially a child: "where have you been, you little monkey!" Similar rascalimpwretchmischief-makerdevilrogueinformal:scampscallywaghorrortykemonsterperishervarminthellioninformal, dated:rippicklearchaic:scapegracerapscallion
   • ▪ a person who is dominated or controlled by another (with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ-grinder).
   • 2. a sum of £500. informal British
   • 3. a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove.

   verb

   • 1. behave in a silly or playful way: "I saw them monkeying about by the shop"
   • ▪ tamper with: "don't monkey with that lock!"
   • 2. ape; mimic: archaic "then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.

   Derivatives

   • 1. monkeyish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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