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| monkey |
| 1. aap, apin |
| Engels > Engels |
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| monkey |
| 1. n. 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 pouc |
| He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole. |
| 2. n. (informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes. |
| Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys. |
| 3. n. (informal) A mischievous child. |
| Stop misbehaving, you little monkey! |
| She's a cheeky monkey. |
| 4. n. A dance move popular in the 1960s. |
| 5. n. (UK, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling. |
| 6. n. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing. |
| 7. n. (slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance |
| 8. n. (blackjack) A face card. |
| 9. n. (slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey. |
| 10. n. 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. |
| 11. n. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. |
| 12. n. (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion. |
| 13. v. (informal) To meddle; to mess with |
| Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| aap |
| 1. n-m. (topics, Primates) A monkey, ape, simian; any member of the infraorder Simiiformes. |
| 2. n-m. (derogatory, often, offensive) (Term of abuse, presenting a person as not quite human on account of appearance, monkey business and so on.) |
