Monkey

Word MONKEY
Character 6
Hyphenation mon key
Pronunciations /ˈmʌŋki/

Definitions and meanings of "Monkey"

What do we mean by monkey?

Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes. noun

A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use. noun

One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic. noun

The iron block of a pile driver. noun

A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool. noun

Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin. noun

To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something. intransitive verb

To behave in a mischievous or apish manner. intransitive verb

To imitate or mimic; ape. intransitive verb

(monkey on one's back) An addiction to a drug. idiom

(monkey on one's back) An object of persistent worry or obsession. idiom

To act in an idle or meddlesome manner; trifle; fool: as, don't monkey with that gun.

To imitate as a monkey does; ape.

In mining, an appliance for automatically gripping or letting go the rope in rope haulage. noun

Plural In the Australian bush, a sheep-shearer's name for sheep. noun

A local name for the cinder-notch of the dam in an iron-making blast-furnace, through which the slag or cinder can be allowed to flow out as it accumulates in the smelting process. It is placed on the side of the furnace, and about 30 or 40 inches below the level of the twyers where the blast is introduced in furnaces of modern size. noun

A quadrumanous mammal of the order Primates and suborder Anthropoidea; a catarrhine or platyrrhine simian; any one of the Primates except man and the lemurs; an ape, baboon, marmoset, etc. noun

An epithet applied to any one, especially to a boy or girl, in either real or pretended disapproval: sometimes expressing endearment. noun

A pile-driving instrument with two handles, raised by pulleys, and guided in its descent so as to cause it to fall on the head of a pile and drive it into the ground; a fistuca; a beetlehead. noun

Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.

Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.

A mischievous child.

A dance move popular in the 1960s.

Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.

A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.

A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance

A face card.

A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.

The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.

A black person.

A typical cockney slang term used generally in London, which refers to £500. Urban Dictionary

The most awesome animal in the world. Can be tamed to play instruments, act in movies, etc. He who has a monkey 0wns. Urban Dictionary

A animal that lives in trees and eats banana's Urban Dictionary

One who holds a job that requires little or no intelligence and could basically be done by any of the lesser primates. Urban Dictionary

A slang term for female genitalia Urban Dictionary

1. furry animals with loveable characters. 2. cockney term for £500 Urban Dictionary

George W Bush, our president. Urban Dictionary

(n.) Slang term for vagina. Urban Dictionary

One of the three primary ingredients of a good game. Urban Dictionary

An evil creature that inhabits ones closet. Urban Dictionary

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The word "monkey" in example sentences

After a few minutes the little neighbor girl saw it from her side of the wall and started screaming and yelling *little monkey, little monkey* and it ran away. ❋ Gina (2008)

Five-eighth Jamie Lyon had played in last year's loss and the 2001 premiership defeat with Parramatta and was happy to get his title monkey off his back. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So Abu the monkey is the start of the zombie virus?? ❋ Unknown (2010)

This coupled with the other case where someone referred to Michelle Obama's ancestors as a monkey is the reason why the GOP is losing minorities big time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not only was it marginally better for them mentally and physically, it would give them some fresh perspective on their work, a break from what I call the monkey house. ❋ Tim Gunn (2010)

As the monkey has only one goal, to gratify itself via the base instincts of sex, food, deification, sleep, regardless of any negative effect such activities may have on it's surroundings (either social or environmental), the monkey is the embodiment of mankind's EVIL nature. ❋ Slimbolala (2006)

The Selenarchic families must feel sore pressed, he thought, when they stooped to politics-what they called monkey dealings. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 (1994)

What he does is this: when he finds a fallen cocoa-nut, he begins tearing away the thick husk and fibre with his strong claws; and he knows perfectly well which end to tear it from, namely, from the end where the three eye-holes are, which you call the monkey's face, out of one of which you know, the young cocoa-nut tree would burst forth. ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)

Plus, I like any company with the word "monkey" in its name. ❋ Tomio Geron (2012)

You referring to her as a "monkey" is equally classless (pardon the spelling). ❋ Unknown (2009)

There’s the title monkey, of course, plus rats…and plenty of beavers, thanks to the funky female cast remember it was the ’70s! which includes giallo queens Mimsy Farmer and Stefania Casini, and the seldom-clothed Gail Lawrence — even 60-something Geraldine Fitzgerald gets a bit freaky in a gropey scene with main star Gérard Depardieu. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the capuchin monkey world of illiberal politics and "instinct for fairness", that's definitely a recipe for flung poo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Assuming monkey is a little child, this truly is a safety issue. ❋ Candid Engineer (2009)

She's found non-toxic alternatives to everything and when monkey is in the lab the most I have to worry about is him turning the tap on the Et'Ol carboys. ❋ Candid Engineer (2009)

I make a monkey a [week] [mate] [Lend] me a monkey mate ❋ Sharmasaab21 (2013)

I [bought] a monkey [yesterday], and now I am [extremely] cool. ❋ KaiserMonkey (2003)

any of the [pg tips] [actors] are [monkeys] ❋ Blazin Hot Real Facts (2010)

I [hate] being a [supermarket] monkey. ❋ Imus (2004)

[Twerk] that monkey [lemme] see you [get low] ❋ Nick-a-J (2006)

1. i was walking with my missus past the monkeys at London zoo, one of [the bastards] threw its own shite at us!! 2. "Fuckin' ell, just bought a Danny [Marr] for a monkey! [Jubbly] ❋ Joe (2004)

That monkey has [done it] again! He [raised] our [gas prices]! ❋ >MuffinMan< (2006)

"I got [all up] [in her] monkey [last night]." ❋ Dave800 (2006)

Nothing in life can not be improved with either [monkeys], [pirates] or [ninjas] ❋ Bumbleflid (2003)

There's an [evil monkey] in my [closet]. ❋ Eilidh (2004)

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