[ˈmʌŋki], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries

- a sum of £500

- a piledriving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove


Phrases:
- a monkey on one's back
- as clever as a wagonload of monkeys
- make a monkey out of someone
- not give a monkey's

Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German

[ˈmʌŋki], (Verb)

Definitions:
- behave in a silly or playful way
(e.g: I saw them monkeying about by the shop)

- ape; mimic
(e.g: then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead)


Phrases:
- a monkey on one's back
- as clever as a wagonload of monkeys
- make a monkey out of someone
- not give a monkey's

Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German