monkey
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Is monkey a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.Examples: "He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole."
2. (cladistically) Any simian including humans.
3. (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.Examples: "Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys."broadlyproscribedsometimes
4. (figurative, generally derogatory) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:Examples: "Stop misbehaving, you cheeky little monkey!"; ""Yes. He gets to Paris at seven in the morning. He promised to telephone the first thing." "You expensive little monkey!" "Why?" "It's ten shillings for three minutes, or something like that, and you have to go to the G.P.O. or the Mansion House or some such place, I believe.""figurativelyinformaloffensivesometimes
5. (figurative, generally derogatory) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:figurativelyslang
6. (figurative, generally derogatory) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:Synonyms: idiotderogatoryfiguratively
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).Examples: "Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing."; "“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps! […] Why monkey with weak imitations when you can come close to the original?”"Synonyms: interfere, fiddleinformalintransitive
2. (transitive) To mimic; to ape.Examples: "He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut."transitive
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary