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English Idioms :: monkey
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monky - See: GREASE MONKEY, MAKE A FOOL OF or MAKE A MONKEY OF. |
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Traditional English :: monkey
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monky - n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys)
1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families Cebidae (including capuchins), Callitrichidae (including marmosets and tamarins), and Cercopithecidae (including baboons and apes).
2 a mischievous person, esp. a child (young monkey).
3 sl. a Brit. 500. b US $500.
4 (in full monkey engine) a machine hammer for pile-driving etc. --v. (-eys, -eyed)
1 tr. mimic or mock.
2 intr. (often foll. by with) tamper or play mischievous tricks.
3 intr. (foll. by around, about) fool around. have a monkey on one's back sl. be a drug addict. make a monkey of humiliate by making appear ridiculous. monkey bread the baobab tree or its fruit. monkey business colloq. mischief. monkey flower a mimulus, esp. Mimulus cardinalis, with bright yellow flowers. monkey-jacket a short close-fitting jacket worn by sailors etc. or at a mess. monkey-nut a peanut. monkey-puzzle a coniferous tree, Araucaria araucaria, native to Chile, with downward-pointing branches and small close-set leaves. monkey-suit colloq. evening dress. monkey tricks colloq. mischief. monkey wrench a wrench with an adjustable jaw. monkeyish adj. [16th c.: orig. unkn. (perh. LG)] |
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Related Words
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animated
monkey
around
bashful
brass
bread
recipe
capuchin
sale
curse
island
walk
through
drunken
escape
from
evil
foo
fighter
wrench
fist
flying
paul
frank
grass
grease
howler
iron
jungle
maze
cartoon
picture
survey
rally
slap
rum
covance
pink
note
toy
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Most Often Usage
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animated monkey
monkey around
bashful monkey
brass monkey
monkey bread recipe
monkey bread
capuchin monkey for sale
capuchin monkey
the curse of monkey island
curse of monkey island walk through
drunken monkey
escape from monkey island walk through
escape from monkey island
evil monkey
foo fighter monkey wrench
monkey fist
flying monkey
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