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.
Definitions
- noun. In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
- noun. Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
- noun. Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.
- noun. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- transitive/intransitive verb. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
- noun. any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- noun. one who is playfully mischievous
- verb. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- verb. 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
imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, potter, putter, tinker, fiddle, tamper
Common word forms
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