1. To tinker, fiddle, or play with something.Hey, don't monkey with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees.Grandpa's been monkeying with that old radio all day, but I doubt he'll get it to work again.I wish I hadn't started monkeying with the settings on my computer. It...
Some speculate that the name came from combining a 1940s Southern slang term for snack food, "monkey food," with a traditional jumble bread. However, it is possible that the name was provided (or at least popularised) by silent and sound film actressZaSu Pitts. Garlic Pull-Apart Rolls ...
The two I am particularly thinking about are Louis Malle's "Le Souffle au Coeur" and Bertolucci's "La Luna", both of which, like "Spanking the Monkey", dealt with mother/son incest. I would not rate David O. Russell's film as highly as either of those, but it does have its ...
The monkey is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. It refers to one of the 12 earthly branches that are used in Chinese astrology, together with the 10 heavenly stems. Such a branch designates one day every 12 days: the days are named according to a sexagesimal (60) cycle, ...
The New World monkeys include themarmosetsand tamarins, small monkeys with claws that are classified in a family of their own, the Callithricidae. The rest of the New World monkeys are classified in the family Cebidae. They include thecapuchin(genusCebus), commonly seen in captivity, which ...
1. To tinker or fiddle with something.Hey, don't monkey around with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees.Grandpa's still monkeying around with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again. 2. To test or experiment with something in order to learn more around it...
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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Monkey (redirected frommonkey business) Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. In the United Kingdom, a slang term for 500 pounds. ...
1/1: Mr. Swift MacNeill is very angry with the Government [...]. After all it is not hard to rouse the monkey of the honourable member. 1935 Z.N. Hurston Mules and Men (1995) 41: You drunk, Bennie Lee. You done drunk so much of dis ole coon dick till you full of monkies....
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Monkey (redirected fromdon't give a monkey's) Dictionary Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Monkey In the United Kingdom, a slang term for 500 pounds. Farlex Financial Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All Rights...