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monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/

Translations

monkeynoun

monkeys

/ˈmʌŋki/

обезьяна

The monkey swung from branch to branch.

Обезьяна качалась с ветки на ветку.

Synonyms

monkeyverb

monkeyed

Past Simple

monkeyed

Past Participle

monkeying

Gerund

/ˈmʌŋ.ki/

обезьянничать

He likes to monkey around with his friends.

Он любит обезьянничать с друзьями.

Additional translations

хулиганить

подражать

Synonyms

monkey around

ape

fool around

play around

imitate

mimic

tamper with

meddle with

fiddle with

toy with

tinker with

mess with

interfere with

monkeyadjective

more monkey

Comp.

most monkey

Super.

/ˈmʌŋ.ki/

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

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.