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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

An unkind, evil or unscrupulous person

A compulsive or irrational preoccupation

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

phony^US

phoney^UK

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

Noun

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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.”

Noun

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An unkind, evil or unscrupulous person

gaolbird^UK

jailbird^US

member of a criminal gang

phoney^UK

phony^US

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A compulsive or irrational preoccupation

something on the brain

ardor^US

ardour^UK

fervor^US

fervour^UK

holding of one's attention

furor^US

furore^UK

endeavour^UK

endeavor^US

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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

work amateurishly on

play around with

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

color^US

colour^UK

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

follow in the footsteps of

pattern yourself after

say again

take a leaf out of someone's book

follow in someone's steps

jump on the bandwagon

be the very picture of

bear a resemblance to

plagiarize^US

plagiarise^UK

phony^US

phoney^UK

give the appearance of

conjure up

mock up

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

crib

plagiarise^UK

plagiarize^US

infringe the copyright of

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