Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To act foolishly.

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More definitions
  • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Examples

5 sentences

  1. We rarely see monkeys around here.

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  2. We often see monkeys around here.

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  3. We don't often see monkeys around here.

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  4. Don't monkey around with my papers.

    deSpiel nicht mit meinen Papieren herum.

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  5. Stop monkeying around!

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to act foolishly:

Forms

monkeys around, monkeying around, monkeyed around, monkeyed around
Base formmonkey around · to monkey around
3rd person singularmonkeys around
Present participlemonkeying around
Past simplemonkeyed around
Past participlemonkeyed around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymonkey around
he, she, itmonkeys around

Past simpleLesson

all personsmonkeyed around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave monkeyed around
he, she, ithas monkeyed around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill monkey around

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
monkey about
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmonkeyshinemonkey up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
monkB1monkeyA1monomonochrome
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