monkey
noun
[ ˈmʌŋki ]
• a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
• a sum of £500.
• a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove.
monkey
verb
• behave in a silly or playful way.
• "I saw them monkeying about by the shop"
Similar:
fool about,
fool around,
play about,
play around,
clown about,
clown around,
fiddle-faddle,
mess about,
mess around,
horse about,
horse around,
screw around,
puddle about,
puddle around,
muck about,
muck around,
fanny about,
fanny around,
footle about,
footle around,
lark (about),
lark (around),
piss about,
piss around,
arse about,
arse around,
bugger about,
bugger around,
• ape; mimic.
• "then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead"
Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.
