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| mon·key [ múngkee ] |
noun (plural mon·keys) |
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1. nonhuman primate: a medium-sized primate belonging to a group including baboons, marmosets, capuchins, macaques, guenons, and tamarins, but excluding apes, lemurs, and tarsiers. Native to: tropical regions.
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2. mischievous child: somebody, usually a child, who behaves badly, annoyingly, or high-spiritedly
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informal
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3. construction pile driver ram: the ram of a pile driver
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4. dance 1960s dance: a dance of the 1960s in which partners move their hands up and down and jerk their heads back and forth
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transitive verb (past and past participle mon·keyed, present participle mon·key·ing, 3rd person present singular mon·keys) |
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mimic somebody or something: to copy or imitate somebody or something
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archaic
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| [Mid-16th century. Origin ?] |
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have a monkey on your back
1. to have an addiction to drugs
2. to have a serious problem or be in serious difficulties
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I'll be a monkey's uncle used to express surprise (dated informal)
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make a monkey (out) of somebody to make somebody look foolish (informal)
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