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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
mon•key /ˈmʌŋki/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -keys, v. 
n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa primate having a tail.

v. 
  1. Informal Termsto play idly or foolishly:[~ + around]The boys were just monkeying around.
  2. to tamper or meddle:[~ + with/around with + object]Quit monkeying with the antenna.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mon•key  (mung′kē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -keys, v., -keyed, -key•ing. 
n. 
  1. Mammalsany mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Cf. New World monkey, Old World monkey. 
  2. the fur of certain species of such long-haired animals.
  3. a person likened to such an animal, as a mischievous, agile child or a mimic.
  4. Music and Dancea dance, deriving from the twist, in which the partners move their hands as if climbing a pole and jerk their heads back and forth.
  5. Slang Termsan addiction to narcotics.
  6. Civil Engineeringany of various mechanical devices, as the ram of a pile driver.
  7. Mining[Coal Mining.]a small passageway or opening.
  8. British Termsthe sum of 500 pounds.
  9. British Terms[Australian Informal.]a sheep.
  10. Slang Termsa monkey on one's back:
    • an addiction to a drug or drugs;
      narcotic dependency.
    • an enduring and often vexing habit or urge.
    • a burdensome problem, situation, or responsibility;
      personal affliction or hindrance.
  11. Idiomsmake a monkey out of, to cause to appear ridiculous;
    make a fool of. Also, make a monkey of. 

v.i. 
  1. Informal Termsto play or trifle idly;
    fool (often fol. by around or with).

v.t. 
  1. to imitate;
    ape;
    mimic.
  2. to mock.
  • Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke (name of son of Martin the Ape in the story of Reynard), equivalent. to mone- (akin to obsolete French monne she-ape, Spanish, Portuguese mono ape) + -ke diminutive suffix
  • apparently 1520–30
mon′key•ish, adj. 
mon′key•ish•ly, adv. 
mon′key•ish•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
monkey / ˈmʌŋkɪ/
  1. any of numerous long-tailed primates excluding the prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, etc): comprise the families Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cebidae (New World monkeys), and Callithricidae (marmosets)
    See Old World monkey, New World monkey
  2. any primate except man
  3. a naughty or mischievous person, esp a child
  4. the head of a pile-driver (monkey engine) or of some similar mechanical device
  5. an addict's dependence on a drug
  6. a butt of derision; someone made to look a fool (esp in the phrase make a monkey of)
  7. (esp in bookmaking) £500
  8. $500
  9. a sheep
  1. (intr; usually followed by around, with, etc) to meddle, fool, or tinker
  2. (transitive) to imitate; ape
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox

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