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Monkey

noun

(pl. monkeys)

Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians).

One who is playfully mischievous. Synonyms: imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp.

verb

Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. Synonyms: fiddle, tamper. "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. Synonyms: mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker.

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"Monkey" Quotes from Famous Books

... up his candle, and hurried along the passage and up the ladder like a monkey, Mercy ...

— A Son of Hagar - A Romance of Our Time • Sir Hall Caine

... to note the yacht skipper's uniform coat. "Who do you think you're ordering around, you gilt-striped, monkey-doodle dandy?" ...

— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... sea-gull, and the hedgehog, and the fox, and the badger, and the jay, and the monkey, that he bought because it was dying, and cured it, only it died the next winter, and a toad, and a raven, ...

— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge

... begin at the creation, When the world was in formation, And come down to its cremation, In the final consummation Of the old world's final spasm: He must study protoplasm, And bridge over every chasm In the origin of species, Ere the monkey wore the breeches, Or the Simian tribe began To ...

— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford

... in a circle and one of them asks the others: "What's my thought like?" One player may say: "A monkey"; the second: "A candle"; the third: "A pin"; and so on. When all the company have compared the thought to some object, the first player tells them the thought—perhaps it is "the Cat"—and then asks each, in turn, why it is like the ...

— Games For All Occasions • Mary E. Blain

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