monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/ verb C2- To meddle; to mess (with). · Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
- To mimic; to ape.
He/she/it monkeys · Past monkeyed · Past participle monkeyed · -ing form monkeying
Verb forms
- Base form
- monkey
- He/she/it
- monkeys
- Past
- monkeyed
- Past participle
- monkeyed
- -ing form
- monkeying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
## The Fox and the Monkey
A MONKEY once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him their King.
A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it.
The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him into the snare, she replied, “O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?”
Other matches
Learn monkey in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.