📖 Definitions of "Powder monkey"
noun
- 1
An explosives expert. A person who sets explosives.
- 2
The persons employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U. S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
- 3
A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Powder monkey"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| monkeynoun | (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches. |
| mud monkeynoun | (idiomatic, slang) Refers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material. |
| butt monkeynoun | (Canada, US, slang, often humorous) An annoying and irksome person. |
| monkenoun | (Internet slang) A monkey or ape. |
| powderhoundnoun | (slang) A skiing enthusiast. |
| juice monkeynoun | (slang, chiefly sports) A steroid or testosterone abuser. |
| ice monkeynoun | (ethnic slur) A white person. |
| cheese monkeynoun | (slang, derogatory, humorous, uncommon) A French person. |
| grease monkeynoun | (idiomatic, slang) A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic. |
| barrel of monkeysnoun | (idiomatic, informal) Someone or something very amusing or funny, fun, mischievous, etc. |
| monknoun | A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. |
| chunky monkeynoun | (slang) A mildly obese person. |
| grease-monkeynoun | Alternative form of grease monkey. [(idiomatic, slang) A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.] |
| monkey mannoun | A supposed missing link, having intermediate characteristics of human and non-human primates; any extinct hominin. |
| monkeywrenchernoun | Alternative form of monkey-wrencher. [(slang) An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment.] |
| piepowdernoun | (British, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord. |
| monkey wrenchernoun | Alternative form of monkey-wrencher. [(slang) An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment.] |
| monkey-wrenchernoun | (slang) An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment. |
| skill monkeynoun | (slang, gaming) In roleplaying games, a character with a number of special abilities. |
| porch monkeynoun | (idiomatic, offensive, ethnic slur) A lazy black person. |
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