monkeying 1 of 3

noun

Definition of monkeyingnext
as in funning
wildly playful or mischievous behavior all that monkeying was sure to end in someone or something getting hurt

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monkeying

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adjective

as in ornery

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monkeying

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verb

present participle of monkey
as in aping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeying
  1. ornery
  2. copying
  3. rascally
  4. impish
  5. imitating
  6. tomfoolery
  7. prankish
  8. knavish
Adjective
  • The toy comes to life, fends off some ornery mice with his sword and leads Clara through a wintry dreamworld of dancing Christmas treats.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Throughout the movie, the ornery Scrooge (played by George C. Scott) is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
    Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of ornery
Verb
  • This isn’t like an AI model that was trained on watching other people’s films, and is just copying that.
    Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Russian war against Ukraine has been equally cruel and equally lawless, in many instances copying tactics used in Syria.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of copying
Adjective
  • In 1950, scientists deployed a virus called Myxoma to destroy the rascally rabbits.
    Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
Definition of rascally
Adjective
  • Sure enough, the impish and cool style is being dressed up (and down) with faux fur coats and grunge beauty galore for the holiday season.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James lead first round of NBA all-star voting Glynis Johns, impish British actress of stage and screen, dies at 100 There’s new evidence of foreign money going to a president: Trump Mom puts too much pressure on me to excel at school.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
Definition of impish
Verb
  • Knightley said, before imitating her daughter shunning her from the dance floor at the disco.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • For Demi Moore, life is imitating art.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of imitating
Noun
  • This sweet 1978-82 CBS sitcom had plenty of workplace comedic tomfoolery, but none was more shocking and hilarious than the ending of this absurd Thanksgiving story.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But hey, at least her particular brand of right-wing tomfoolery isn’t headed down under.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of tomfoolery
Adjective
  • While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • The movie alternates between prankish laughs and visual poetry.
    Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of prankish
Adjective
  • Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 July 2021
Definition of knavish
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