n. | 1. | (Zool.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. |
| 2. | A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.Monkey shine | monkey trick. |
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v. t. & i. | 1. | To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. |
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