definition of the word monkey

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A monkey.

• enPR: mŭngki, IPA: /ˈmʌŋki/, SAMPA: /"mVNki/
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  Rhymes: -ʌŋki

From Low German; compare Middle Low German Moneke, name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox.

monkey (plural monkeys)

1. Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
2. (informal) A mischievous child.

   Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!

3. (UK, slang) Five-hundred pounds sterling.
4. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
5. (slang) A person with minimal inteligence and/or (bad) looks .
6. (rare, pejorative, slang) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. See also nigger and/or jigaboo.

   Get away from my daughter, you dirty monkey!

7. (slang) A face card in blackjack

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