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Noun

Any nonhuman primate, including apes

A mischievous person, especially a child

An addiction to certain drugs or substances

A foolish person, typically a figure of fun or ridicule

A compulsive or irrational preoccupation

Compelling or being compelled

To fiddle, meddle or tamper with

To mimic or ape

To copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgment

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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

traveler^US

traveller^UK

phony^US

phoney^UK

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

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An addiction to certain drugs or substances

“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.”

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A compulsive or irrational preoccupation

something on the brain

flavour^UK

flavor^US

furor^US

furore^UK

ton^US

tonne^UK

ardor^US

ardour^UK

endeavor^US

favour^UK

favor^US

endeavour^UK

humor^US

humour^UK

specialty^US

glamour^UK

fervor^US

fervour^UK

speciality^UK

glamor^US

pizzazz^US

pzazz^UK

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Noun

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Compelling or being compelled

demanding money with menaces

fulfilment^UK

putting into practice

fulfillment^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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Verb

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To fiddle, meddle or tamper with

touch without permission

handle without permission

tinker at the edges of

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

tinker with the edges of

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

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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

take leaf out of book

follow suit

follow the example of

symbolize^US

symbolise^UK

be the incarnation of

fantasize^US

fantasise^UK

assume the identity of

feign the identity of

mask as

externalize^US

materialize^US

personalize^US

give the appearance of

assume the character of

personalise^UK

materialise^UK

externalise^UK

go through the motions of

sheikh^UK

sheik^US

be a typical sample 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 copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgment

crib

plagiarise^UK

plagiarize^US

infringe the copyright of

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