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monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.
  2. Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.
  3. A mischievous child.
  4. A dance move popular in the 1960s.
  5. Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.
  6. A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
  7. To meddle; to mess (with).
  8. To mimic; to ape.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data