Dictionary Entry
monkey
monkey is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
- 2noun
Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
- 3noun
Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.
- 4noun
A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- 7transitive/intransitive verb
To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
- 8noun
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- 9noun
one who is playfully mischievous
- 10verb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- 11verb
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"
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