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Common
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
.
•
Any
nonhuman
simian
primate
, including
apes
.
•
A
mischievous
child
.
•
A
dance move
popular
in the 1960s.
•
In American English & British English:
Five hundred
pounds sterling
; (US,
dated
)
five hundred
dollars
.
•
A person or the role of the person on the
sidecar
platform
of a
motorcycle
involved
in
sidecar
racing
.
•
A person with
minimal
intelligence
and/or
an
unattractive
appearance
•
A
face card
.
•
A
menial
employee
who does a
repetitive
job
,
as in
code monkey
,
grease monkey
,
phone monkey
,
powder monkey
.
•
The
weight
or
hammer
of a
pile driver
; a
heavy
mass
of
iron
, which, being
raised
high,
falls
on the
head
of the
pile
, and
drives
it into the
earth
; the
falling
weight
of a
drop hammer
used in
forging
.
•
A
small
trading
vessel
of the
sixteenth
century
.
•
A
drug
habit
; an
addiction
; a
compulsion
.
•
A
fluid
consisting of
hydrochloric acid
and
zinc
, used
in the process of
soldering
.
•
A person's
temper
, said to be "up" when they are
angry
.
🤬
A
black
person.
verb
•
To
meddle
; to
mess
(with).
•
To
mimic
; to
ape
.
name
•
The
ninth
of the 12-year
cycle
of
animals
which
appear
in the
Chinese zodiac
related
to the
Chinese
calendar
.
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