What does monkey mean?
Definitions for monkey
ˈmʌŋ kimon·key
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word monkey.
Princeton's WordNet
monkeynoun
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywagverb
one who is playfully mischievous
tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb
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"
putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck aroundverb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
Wiktionary
monkeynoun
Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
monkeynoun
A mischievous child.
Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!
monkeynoun
Five hundred pounds sterling.
monkeynoun
A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
monkeynoun
A person with minimal intelligence and/or (bad) looks.
monkeynoun
A face card.
monkeynoun
A menial employee who does a repetitive job.
monkeyverb
To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
Etymology: From Moneke (compare Monequin), name of the son of Martin the Ape in Reynard the Fox, from Old mona 'mona monkey', shortening of mamona, variant of maimón, from ميمون (maimūn) 'monkey', literally 'blessed', used to ward off the monkey's bad luck.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Monkeynoun
Etymology: monikin, a little man.
One of them shewed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey: Tubal, it was my turquoise; I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys. William Shakespeare.
More new-fangled than an ape; more giddy in my desires than a monkey. William Shakespeare, As you like it.
Other creatures, as well as monkeys, destroy their young ones by senseless fondness. John Locke, on Education.
With glittering gold and sparkling gems they shine,
But apes and monkeys are the gods within. George Granville.This is the monkey’s own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. William Shakespeare, Othello.
Poor monkey! how wilt thou do for a father? William Shakespeare.
Webster Dictionary
Monkeynoun
in the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs
Monkeynoun
any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs
Monkeynoun
any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons
Monkeynoun
a term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child
Monkeynoun
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
Monkeynoun
a small trading vessel of the sixteenth century
Monkey
to act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner
Etymology: [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See Madonna.]
Freebase
Monkey
A monkey is a primate of the Haplorrhini suborder and simian infraorder, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey, but excluding apes and humans. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes", incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary macaque is called the "Barbary ape". The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder of Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the hominoids. Thus, as Old World monkeys are more closely related to hominoids than they are to New World monkeys, the monkeys are not a unitary group.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Monkey
mungk′i, n. a quadrumanous mammal of the order Primates—the term is loose, and may be conveniently restricted only to all the Primates exclusive of the Anthropoid Apes, thus including the Platyrrhini, or New-World monkeys, and the Catarrhiini, or Old-World monkeys: an ape: a name of contempt, esp. for a mischievous person, also of playful endearment: a heavy weight for driving piles: a large hammer for driving bolts: in betting slang, a sum of 500 pounds, or dollars in U.S.: a fluid consisting of chlor-hydric acid and zinc—generally called spirits of salt—used in the process of soldering:—pl. Monk′eys.—v.i. to meddle with anything.—v.t. to imitate as a monkey does.—ns. Monk′ey-bag, a small money-bag, hung round the sailor's neck; Monk′ey-block, a small swivel-block used in guiding running rigging; Monk′ey-board, the omnibus conductor's foot-board; Monk′ey-boat, a narrow, half-decked river-boat; Monk′ey-bread, the baobab-tree or its fruit; Monk′ey-en′gine, a kind of pile-driver having a ram or monkey working in a wooden frame; Monk′ey-flow′er, a flower of the mimulus kind; Monk′ey-gaff, a small gaff above the spanker-gaff for the flag; Monk′ey-grass, a coarse fibre yielded by the leaf-stalks of Attalea funifera, used for brooms, street sweeping-machine brushes, &c.; Monk′ey-hamm′er, a drop-press with a ram, which is raised and let drop freely; Monk′eyism, the qualities of the monkey; Monk′ey-jack′et, a close-fitting jacket, generally made of some stout, coarse material; Monk′ey-pot, the seed-vessel of several species of Lecythis, having a round lid; Monk′ey-pump, a straw let through a gimlet-hole into a cask for the purpose of sucking the liquor; Monk′ey-puzz′le, the Chili pine, Araucaria imbricata; Monk′ey-rail, a light rail above the quarter-rail; Monk′ey-shine (U.S.), a piece of tomfoolery; Monk′ey-tail, a short lever for training carronades: a piece of knotted rope by which to attach a hook, to save the hand from jamming; Monk′ey-wheel, a tackle-block over which runs a hoisting-rope; Monk′ey-wrench, a screw-key having a movable jaw.—Have, or Get, one's monkey up, to be angry; Suck the monkey, to drink liquor from a cask through an inserted tube: to drink from a coco-nut, filled surreptitiously with rum, &c. [Old It. monicchio, dim. of Old It. monna, nickname for an old woman, an ape, contr. of It. madonna, mistress.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
monkey
A machine composed of a long pig of iron, traversing in a groove, which is raised by a pulley, and let fall suddenly on the head of large bolts for driving them. A larger kind is used in pile-driving. Also, a kind of wooden kid for grog. Also, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, a small trading vessel. Also, passion; as a man's "monkey is up." Also, a machine with which the hercules facilitates the welding of anchors.
Rap Dictionary
monkeynoun
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Etymology and Origins
Monkey
From the Italian monicchio, the diminutive of monna, an ape. This word is often used as a verb--e.g. “Don’t monkey about on there,” meaning “Don’t play about or be up to monkeyish pranks.”
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'monkey' in Nouns Frequency: #2866
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monkey in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monkey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of monkey in a Sentence
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If there is Garbage in your Mind, and it’s full of junk, it’s time to Tame your ‘Monkey Mind’, and make it into a Monk!
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is just basically talking smack, trying to throw a monkey wrench into this procedure.
The individual targeted facilities of smaller primates and specifically compromised the Squirrel Monkey exhibit.
All our clients asked for the same thing : software that gave them the ability to send email promotions that included graphics, plus an ability to track results … We realized we already had the parts for that. We built the tool with scrap parts from the failed e-greetings site. We even made the logo out of one of our most popular email cards : a smiling, animated monkey.
We think it's the same one [monkey that left the zoo], but I guess there aren't that many monkeys out and about at the moment.
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Translations for monkey
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- aapAfrikaans
- ዝንጀሮAmharic
- قردArabic
- маймалакAvaric
- meymunAzerbaijani
- маймылBashkir
- ма́лпаBelarusian
- майму́на, майму́нBulgarian
- বাঁদরBengali
- micoCatalan, Valencian
- маймалChechen
- opičák, opiceCzech
- упăтеChuvash
- mwnciWelsh
- abekat, abeDanish
- AffeGerman
- πίθηκος, μαϊμούGreek
- infanaĉo, bubo, simioEsperanto
- mico, simio, mono, changoSpanish
- ahv, pärdikEstonian
- tximinoBasque
- کپی, میمون, بوزینهPersian
- apina, näpelöidä, hiplataFinnish
- apaFaroese
- guenon, singeFrench
- moncaíIrish
- mono, simioGalician
- વાંદરું, વાનરGujarati
- קוףHebrew
- बन्दर, वानर, बंदर, कपिHindi
- majomHungarian
- կապիկArmenian
- simiaInterlingua
- kera, monyetIndonesian
- apiIcelandic
- scimmiaItalian
- קוףHebrew
- サル, 猿Japanese
- მაიმუნიGeorgian
- маймылKazakh
- ស្វាKhmer
- ಕೋತಿKannada
- 원숭이Korean
- مهیمونKurdish
- маймылKyrgyz
- simia, simiusLatin
- nkimaGanda
- ລີງLao
- beždžionėLithuanian
- pērtiķis, mērkaķisLatvian
- gidroMalagasy
- ма́јмун, ма́јмунчеMacedonian
- കുരങ്ങന്Malayalam
- сармагчинMongolian
- माकड, वानरMarathi
- monyet, kera, cewe kerek, ketekMalay
- gitmejmun, xadin, xadina, kitmejmunMaltese
- မျောက်Burmese
- apenjong, brutale [[aap]], aap, apinDutch
- apekatt, apeNorwegian
- mágíNavajo, Navaho
- monin, monardOccitan
- ବାନରOriya
- ਬੰਦਰPanjabi, Punjabi
- małpaPolish
- بيزوPashto, Pushto
- mono, símio, macacoPortuguese
- maimuță, simieRomanian
- обезья́на, шалу́н, шалу́нья, прока́зник, прока́зница, валя́ть дурака́Russian
- वानरःSanskrit
- monincaSardinian
- мајмун, majmunSerbo-Croatian
- opicaSlovak
- opica, afnaSlovene
- majmunAlbanian
- apaSwedish
- tumbiliSwahili
- குறங்குTamil
- వానరము, కోతిTelugu
- маймунTajik
- ลิงThai
- maýmynTurkmen
- unggoy, tsonggóTagalog
- maymunTurkish
- maymılTatar
- مايمۇنUyghur, Uighur
- ма́впаUkrainian
- بندر, وانر, کپیUrdu
- maymunUzbek
- khỉ, con khỉVietnamese
- mårticot, séndjeWalloon
- goloWolof
- monkeyYiddish
- 猴Chinese
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