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Plural for any nonhuman primate, including apes
“Another type of monkey, the lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo, is found in a small area of southern India.”
Plural for a mischievous person, especially a child
“Charlie is just a cheeky little monkey, I think we can safely say.”
Plural for an addiction to certain drugs or substances
“Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey free? Always giving in to it. Do you love your monkey or do you love me?”
Plural for a foolish person, typically a figure of fun or ridicule
“He was made to look like a monkey when his Government actually did something that the member had given assurances would not be done.”
Plural for an unkind, evil or unscrupulous person
Plural for a compulsive or irrational preoccupation
To fiddle, meddle or tamper with
“I don't blame him for not wanting me to monkey with the controls before I knew what it was all about.”
To mimic or ape
“He winked at Liza, who decided to monkey him, holding her own eye shut.”
To copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgment
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