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What does monkey mean?

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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.
  2. (informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes.
  3. (informal) A mischievous child.
  4. (Britain, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling.
  5. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
  6. (slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance
  7. (blackjack) A face card.
  8. (slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.
  9. 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.
  10. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
Verb
  1. (informal) To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
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