monkey (around)

verb

Definition of monkey (around)next
1
as in to clown (around)
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something

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2
as in to goof (around)
to spend time in aimless activity would rather just monkey around instead of doing work

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkey (around)
  1. horse around
  2. play
  3. fool around
  4. cut up
  5. show off
  6. hang about
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  • After five teenage boys are shown horsing around on a Malibu beach for a few seconds, the shot dissolves into Liam’s perfect coif, his unbuttoned shirt, his disarming smile.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Game of Thrones alum, 28, was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England on Saturday, June 29.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Definition of horse around
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  • Exfoliation also plays a crucial role by dissolving dead skin cells trapped in pores, keeping them clear and refined.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 3 Dec. 2024
  • As the Wild Card, the Bucks would play a road game against a group winner— the Pistons, Hawks, or the winner of the Knicks-Magic game.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of play
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  • While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fool around
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  • President-elect Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants could eliminate workers from U.S. industries already projected to face shortages and cut up to 6.8% of the national gross domestic profit.
    April Rubin, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Advertisement His star turn started in the first quarter, as Lemon caught a kickoff at the goal line, cut up field and blew the game open.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of cut up
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  • One of them might have been a triangular crop top showing off my midriff and some hot pants.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Julier describes these affairs as painstaking productions that also functioned to show off a person’s class status.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of show off
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  • Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of hang about
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