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monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/

Translations

monkeynoun

monkeys

/ˈmʌŋki/

singe

The monkey swung from branch to branch with ease.

Le singe se balançait d'une branche à l'autre avec aisance.

Additional translations

cinq cents livresArgot britannique.

petit singeFamilier, affectueux ou taquin, surtout pour un enfant.

Synonyms

monkeyverb

monkeyed

Past Simple

monkeyed

Past Participle

monkeying

Gerund

/ˈmʌŋ.ki/

singerFamilier, en parlant d'imiter de manière moqueuse.

She would often monkey her teacher's gestures to make her friends laugh.

Elle singerait souvent les gestes de son professeur pour faire rire ses amis.

bidouiller

He warned the kids not to monkey with the electrical wires.

Il a averti les enfants de ne pas bidouiller les fils électriques.

Synonyms

meddle with

fiddle with

ape

toy with

tinker with

mess with

interfere with

monkey around

fool around

play around

imitate

mimic

tamper with

monkeyadjective

more monkey

Comp.

most monkey

Super.

/ˈmʌŋ.ki/

Functions attributively before nouns (e.g., "monkey wrench").

simiesque

He had a monkey grin.

Il avait un sourire simiesque.

Synonyms

Definitions

monkeynoun

A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.

The monkey swung from branch to branch with ease.

A mischievous or playful person, especially a child.

Stop being such a monkey and finish your homework.

A term used in British slang to refer to £500.

He bet a monkey on the horse race.

monkeyverb

To play or tamper with something in a mischievous or careless way.

He warned the kids not to monkey with the electrical wires.

To mimic or imitate someone or something.

She would often monkey her teacher's gestures to make her friends laugh.

monkeyadjective

Relating to or resembling a monkey; used attributively before another noun.

He tightened the bolt with a monkey wrench.