monkey

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭngki
• IPA ^(key): /ˈmʌŋki/
• SAMPA: /"mVNki/

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• Hyphenation: mon‧key

Noun

Singular monkey

Plural monkeys

A young snow monkey

A monkey

1. A monkey is a primate with a long tail that climbs trees.

   We saw Vervet monkeys in the Zoo.

Verb

Plain form monkey

Third-person singular monkeys

Past tense monkeyed

Past participle monkeyed

Present participle monkeying

1. (transitive) If you monkey something, you make changes to it.

   I foolishly monkeyed with the control panel and it ended up exploding.

Related words

• monkey wrench