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| monkey | |
| 1. scimmia | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| monkey | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. (informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes. | |
| Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys. | |
| 3. subst. (informal) A mischievous child. | |
| Stop misbehaving, you little monkey! | |
| She's a cheeky monkey. | |
| 4. subst. A dance move popular in the 1960s. | |
| 5. subst. (UK, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling. | |
| 6. subst. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing. | |
| 7. subst. (slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance | |
| 8. subst. (blackjack) A face card. | |
| 9. subst. (slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey. | |
| 10. subst. 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. subst. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. | |
| 12. subst. (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. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| scimmia | |
| 1. subst. monkey, simian | |
