Monkey

Mon´key

(Zool.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her.

- Shak.

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.

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkey boat
a -	(Naut.) A small boat used in docks
b -	A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.

Monkey block
(Naut.) a small single block strapped with a swivel.

Monkey flower
(Bot.) a plant of the genus Mimulus; - so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. - R. H. Dana, Jr.

Monkey gaff
(Naut.) a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. - Gray.

Monkey jacket
a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors.

Monkey rail
(Naut.) a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.

Monkey shine
monkey trick.

Monkey trick
a mischievous prank.

Monkey wheel
See Gin block, under 5th Gin. - Saintsbury.

v. t. & i.

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

To monkey with
to handle in a meddlesome manner.

Noun	1.	monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
	2.	monkey - one who is playfully mischievous Synonyms: scamp, imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag
Verb	1.	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" Synonyms: tamper, fiddle
	2.	monkey - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" Synonyms: mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, tinker, putter

To see a monkey in your dream, symbolizes deceit people are working to advance their own interest. Monkeys also symbolize a playful and mischievous side of your own personality or an immature attitude. To see a monkey hanging or swinging from a tree, denotes that you be troubled by young ones. To dream that you are feeding a monkey, denotes that you betrayed by someone whom you thought cared about your interests.Cape polecat, Chiroptera, Irish, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, ape, ass, babe, bad temper, bantam, bar, bawbee, bear, boob, butt, byword, byword of reproach, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, chump, cinch, conformist, coon, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, coquet, counterfeiter, credulous person, crown, cuckoo, cull, dabble, dally, dander, derision, devil, dissembler, dissimulator, dollar, dupe, duplicate, easy mark, easy pickings, echo, echoer, echoist, fair game, faker, fall guy, farthing, ferret, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, figure of fun, finger with, fish, fiver, flirt, florin, fool, fool around, fool with, forger, foumart, fourpence, fourpenny, fribble, frivol, game, gamin, gazingstock, glutton, goat, gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, groat, groundhog, gudgeon, guinea, guinea pig, gull, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, hedgehog, horse around, hypocrite, idle, imitate, imitator, imp, impersonate, impersonator, impostor, innocent, interfere with, jerk off, jest, jestingstock, joke, kid around, laughingstock, leadpipe cinch, little, loiter, mag, mark, meddle with, meg, mess around, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mischief-maker, mite, mocker, mockery, mockingbird, monk, monkey around, mousehound, new pence, np, opossum, p, parrot, patsy, pence, penny, petite, phony, piddle, pigeon, plagiarist, play, play around, play with, plaything, polecat, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, pony, porcupine, poseur, possum, potter, pound, prairie dog, primate, prize sap, pushover, putter, quid, quill pig, raccoon, rapscallion, rascal, sap, saphead, scamp, schlemiel, sheep, shilling, simian, simulator, sitting duck, sixpence, skunk, smallish, smatter, stock, stooge, sucker, tamper with, target, temper, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit, thrippence, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trusting soul, tuppence, twiddle, twopence, victim, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril

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