monkeys

/ˈmʌŋkiz/

noun

1
Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.
“He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.”
2
Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.
“Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.”
3
A mischievous child.
“She's a cheeky monkey.”
4
A dance move popular in the 1960s.
5
Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.
6
A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
7
A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance
8
A face card.
9
A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.
10
The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
11
A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
12
A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
13
A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
14
A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
15
A black person.

1
To meddle; to mess (with).
“Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.”
2
To mimic; to ape.

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