monkey

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌŋki/

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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.

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A monkey darted through the trees, its tail flicking as it searched for fruit.

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意味（1）

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.

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意味（2）

(informal) Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.

Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.

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意味（3）

(informal) A mischievous person, often a child.

Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!

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A dance move popular in the 1960s.

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(Britain, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling; (US, dated) five hundred dollars.

A thousandth of a million squid or two monkeys / Or a whole fifty scores

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(slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.

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(slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance

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(blackjack) A face card.

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(slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.

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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.

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(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

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(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

Monkey: a habit, as in I have a monkey on my back. Usually used when one is sick from lack of drugs.

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A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

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(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.

I was out rather late one night, when the foreman of my department, who owed me a grudge, abused me like a dog, and told me I might consider myself dismissed, and that I should be paid my wages in the morning. I don't know how I kept my hands off him, for my monkey was up; […]

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(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.

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(slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.

Someone handed me a monkey of grog. I forced myself to sip it, not down it.

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monkeys （ plural ）