monkey definizione dal dizionario inglese italiano

Definizione monolingua

monkey

monkey (third-person singular simple present monkeys, present participle monkeying, simple past and past participle monkeyed or monkied)

1. (informal) To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.

   Please dont monkey with the controls if you dont know what youre doing.

monkey (plural monkeys)

1. Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
2. (informal) A mischievous child.

   Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!

3. (UK, slang) Five-hundred pounds sterling.
4. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
5. (slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or (bad) looks.
6. (blackjack) A face card.
7. (slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job.

Definizione dizionario monkey

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	primate
	A primate from the group "New World monkeys" or "Old World monkeys" (Simiiformes, excluding the superfamily Hominoidea or apes) that lives mainly in rainforests and is distinguished from an Ape by its smaller size and its tail.

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Altri significati:

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

(rare, pejorative, slang) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. See also nigger and/or jigaboo.

(slang) A person with minimal inteligence and/or (bad) looks.

(blackjack) A face card.

(informal) To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.

(informal) A mischievous child.

(slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job.

Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.

(slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.

(UK, slang) Five-hundred pounds sterling.

mischievous child