Monkeys ˈmʌŋki Troop Apes Noun Humans Live Complex

• like humans, apes and monkeys live in complex social groupings.
• the disease affects monkeys and humans in similar ways.
• a troop of monkeys crashed their way through the trees.
• scientists visiting the island encountered a troop of wild monkeys.

monkey

1. an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to apes and humans.
• SEE ALSO rhesus monkey
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• Like humans, apes and monkeys live in complex social groupings.
• The disease affects monkeys and humans in similar ways.
• A troop of monkeys crashed their way through the trees.
• Scientists visiting the island encountered a troop of wild monkeys.
2. a child who is active and likes playing tricks on people
• Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
3. £500
4. if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather
5. to free yourself of something that causes you worry or difficulty
• The team have never beaten Germany and they'll be desperate to get that monkey off their backs.
6. used to say, in a way that is not very polite, that you do not care about something, or are not at all interested in it
• I don’t give a monkey’s whether you want to come or not.
7. to make somebody seem stupid

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.