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▸ noun: (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.
▸ noun: (figurative, generally derogatory) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:
▸ noun: (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
▸ noun: (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
▸ noun: (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
▸ noun: (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
▸ noun: (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
▸ noun: (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
▸ noun: (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
▸ noun: (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
▸ noun: (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
▸ noun: (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
▸ noun: The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
▸ noun: A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
▸ noun: (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
▸ noun: (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
▸ noun: (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
▸ noun: (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
▸ noun: (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
▸ verb: (intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).
▸ verb: (transitive) To mimic; to ape.
▸ noun: The ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
Similar:
imp,
potter,
scallywag,
scalawag,
tinker,
rapscallion,
scamp,
rascal,
muck around,
monkey around,
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