monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/ noun A1- 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. · 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.
- Any simian, including humans.
- Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape. · Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
- A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child. · Stop misbehaving, you cheeky little monkey!
- The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another. · No, no, no, not you. I want to talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey.
Plural monkeys
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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## 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?”
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