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MONKEY AROUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monkey around mean?
• MONKEY AROUND (verb)
The verb MONKEY AROUND has 1 sense:
1. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Familiarity information: MONKEY AROUND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
mess around; monkey; monkey around; muck about; muck around; potter; putter; tinker
Context example:
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Hypernyms (to "monkey around" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "monkey around"):
puddle (mess around, as in a liquid or paste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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