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Noun: monkey (monkeys)  múngkee
  1. Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
     
  2. One who is playfully mischievous
    - imp, scamp, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
Verb: monkey  múngkee
  1. Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
    - tamper, fiddle
     
  2. Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
    - putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey around, muck about, muck around

Derived forms: monkeyed, monkeying, monkeys

Type of: child, fry, kid, manipulate, minor, nestling, nipper, primate, shaver, small fry, tiddler [Brit], tike, tyke, wean [UK, Ireland], work, youngster

Encyclopedia: Monkey Monkey, Don't!