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1.nounAny 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."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."
2.nounAny nonhuman simian primate, including apes."Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys."
3.nounA mischievous child."She's a cheeky monkey."
4.nounA dance move popular in the 1960s.
5.nounFive hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.
6.nounA person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
7.nounA person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance
8.nounA face card.
9.nounA menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.
10.nounThe weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
11.nounA small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
12.nounA drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
13.nounA fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
14.nounA person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
15.nounA black person.
16.verbTo meddle; to mess (with)."Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing."
17.verbTo mimic; to ape.