Definitions of MONKEY [ˈmʌŋ ki]

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Definition of 'MONKEY'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) monkey
any mammal of two major groupings of Primates, the Old World monkeys or catarrhines, and the New World monkeys or platyrrhines, both characterized by flattened faces, binocular vision, and usu. long tails.

2.  monkey
the fur of certain long-haired monkeys.

3.  monkey
a mischievous, agile child.

4.  monkey
fool; dupe.

5. (v.i.) monkey
Informal. to trifle idly; fool (often fol. by around or with).

6. (v.t.) monkey
to imitate; mimic.

7.  monkey
an addiction to a drug.

8.  monkey
a burdensome problem, situation, or responsibility.

Etymology: (1950–55)

Definition of 'MONKEY'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) monkey
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

2. (verb) imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
one who is playfully mischievous

3. (verb) tamper, fiddle, monkey
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

4. (verb) putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

Definition of 'MONKEY'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) monkey
an animal with a long tail and human-like hands that lives in trees

Definition of 'MONKEY'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) MONKEY
in the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs

2. (noun) MONKEY
any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs

3. (noun) MONKEY
any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons

4. (noun) MONKEY
a term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child

5. (noun) MONKEY
the weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging

6. (noun) MONKEY
a small trading vessel of the sixteenth century

7. MONKEY
to act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner

Translation of 'MONKEY'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an animal of the type most like man, especially those which are small and have long tails (ie not the apes).
Afrikaans: aap	Arabic: قِرْد، سَعْدان	Bulgarian: маймуна
Brazilian: macaco	Czech: opice	German: der Affe
Danish: abe	Greek: μαϊμού	Spanish: mono
Estonian: ahv	Farsi: میمون	Finnish: apina
French: singe	Hebrew: קוֹף	Hindi: बंदर
Croatian: majmun	Hungarian: majom	Indonesian: monyet
Icelandic: api; smáapi; apaköttur	Italian: scimmia	Japanese: 猿
Korean: 원숭이	Lithuanian: beždžionė	Latvian: pērtiķis
Malay: monyet	Dutch: aap	Norwegian: ape
Polish: małpa	Persian: شادى، میمون	Pashto: بيزو
Portuguese: macaco	Romanian: maimuţă	Russian: обезьяна
Slovak: opica	Slovenian: opica	Serbian: majmun
Swedish: apa	Thai: ลิง	Turkish: maymun
Taiwanese: 猴子	Ukrainian: мавпа	Urdu: بندر
Vietnamese: con khỉ	Chinese: 猴子
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