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Definition of Monkey around
1. Verb. Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
Specialized synonyms: Puddle
Generic synonyms: Work
Derivative terms: Potterer, Putterer, Tinker, Tinkerer, Tinkerer
Definition of Monkey around
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To act foolishly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkey Around
Literary usage of Monkey around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All About Animals Around the World by Lisa Vitarisi Mathews (2005)
"Children make monkey headbands to wear while they "monkey" around. Materials •
page 182, reproduced, one per child • 12" x 18" (30.5x45.5 cm) brown ..."
2. Questions of Life, Answers of Wisdom by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1991)
"If you also take a monkey around with you, you will not be able to keep him quiet
by signalling to him. A monkey does not understand such signals; ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"But I don't see how you fellows have the time to monkey around here at this rate,"
urged Tarvin, mystified. " Where I come from a man makes his trip on ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"But I don't see how you fellows have the time to monkey around here at this rate,"
urged Tar- vin, mystified. " Where I come from a man makes his trip on ..."
5. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"... in the monkey, around the fissure of Rolando, and comprises the ascending
frontal and parietal convolutions with the parietal lobule, and the posterior ..."
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