n. 25B6; noun
SIMIAN, primate, ape. See list.
you little monkey! : See rascal .
25A0; make a monkey (out) of MAKE SOMEONE LOOK FOOLISH, make a fool of, make a laughing stock of, ridicule, make fun of, poke fun at.
25A0; monkey about/around FOOL ABOUT/AROUND, play about/around, clown about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around, horse about/around, lark (about/around); Brit. informal muck about/around.
25A0; monkey with TAMPER WITH, fiddle with, interfere with, meddle with, tinker with, play with; informal mess with; Brit. informal muck about/around with.
Monkeys and Apes
agile gibbon mandrill
baboon mangabey
Barbary ape marmoset
bonobo mona monkey
capuchin monkey New World monkey
chacma baboon night monkey
chimpanzee Old World monkey
colobus orang-utan
Diana monkey owl-faced monkey
douroucouli patas monkey
drill proboscis monkey
gelada rhesus monkey
gibbon saki
gorilla samango
green monkey siamang
grivet spider monkey
guenon squirrel monkey
hamadryas talapoin
hanuman langur tamarin
hoolock titi
howler monkey uakari
langur vervet
lar gibbon wanderoo
leaf monkey woolly monkey
macaque woolly spider monkey