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
Verb
  • Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Video went viral just days before the beginning of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Dujardin was seen repeatedly whipping a horse around its legs.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of horse around
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  • Osaka was better than Garcia, who was playing her first match after a three-month mental health break.
    Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • After launching with a preview performance in Pittsburgh on March 12, the upcoming North American tour will officially open March 15 in Austin, where the show plays in partnership with South by Southwest.
    Gordon Cox, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of play
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  • Oklahoma fooled around with Houston long enough to escape with a narrow 16-12 win.
    Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2024
  • 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
Definition of fool around
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  • Contra Costa County Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority has asked its customers to cut up their trees and place them in the organics cart for a month-long effort to clean up Christmas trees.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At Dos Reales the process begins the night before when the pork and other ingredients are cut up and refrigerated overnight.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of cut up
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  • As the crowd clapped and music blared, Sabalenka overcame her embarrassment and showed off her dance moves before attempting to take a picture with her Polaroid camera, only to realise the film had run out.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The company is also showing off its smallest UST projector at CES 2025.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025
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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