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Noun

Any nonhuman primate, including apes

A mischievous person, especially a child

A physiological need for certain drugs

A foolish person, typically a figure of fun or ridicule

Consumption with belief, desire

Compelling or being compelled

To fiddle, meddle or tamper with

To mimic or ape

To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of

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Noun

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Any nonhuman primate, including apes

“Another type of monkey, the lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo, is found in a small area of southern India.”

Noun

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A mischievous person, especially a child

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

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“Charlie is just a cheeky little monkey, I think we can safely say.”

Noun

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A physiological need for certain drugs

“Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey free? Always giving in to it. Do you love your monkey or do you love me?”

Noun

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A foolish person, typically a figure of fun or ridicule

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“He was made to look like a monkey when his Government actually did something that the member had given assurances would not be done.”

Noun

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Consumption with belief, desire

something on the brain

flavor^US

flavour^UK

ton^US

tonne^UK

furor^US

furore^UK

endeavor^US

favour^UK

favor^US

endeavour^UK

humor^US

humour^UK

spectre^UK

glamour^UK

ardor^US

eagerness

fervor^US

fervour^UK

ardour^UK

specialty^US

speciality^UK

glamor^US

pizzazz^US

pzazz^UK

overwhelming anxiety about

specter^US

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Noun

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Compelling or being compelled

Verb

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To fiddle, meddle or tamper with

touch without permission

handle without permission

scratch the surface of

tinker at the edges of

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

tinker with the edges of

treat in a cavalier fashion

play fast and loose with

play ducks and drakes with

kick about

think idly about

argue the pros and cons of

entertain the possibility of

have thoughts about

kick around

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“I don't blame him for not wanting me to monkey with the controls before I knew what it was all about.”

Verb

To mimic or ape

do an impersonation of

satirize^US

satirise^UK

epitomize^US

epitomise^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

do a take-off

follow example

behave like

take leaf out of book

follow suit

follow the example of

feign the identity of

assume the identity of

assume the character of

dramatize^US

dramatise^UK

give the appearance of

go through the motions of

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“He winked at Liza, who decided to monkey him, holding her own eye shut.”

Verb

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To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of

crib

copy

plagiarise^UK

plagiarize^US

infringe the copyright of

pass off as one's own

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