MONKEY
/ˈmʌŋki/
15
Scrabble
16
WWF
M(3) O(1) N(1) K(5) E(1) Y(4)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ˈmʌŋki/
noun
- 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 pouches.“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.”
- Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.“Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.”
- A mischievous child.“She's a cheeky monkey.”
- A dance move popular in the 1960s.
- Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.
verb
- To meddle; to mess (with).“Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.”
- To mimic; to ape.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: MONKEY-S
