monkey
English → English
(biology) Primate: a small to medium-sized primate with a long tail that lives in trees
A clever monkey managed to steal a banana from the tourist's backpack.
(English) A smart tree-climbing animal took a piece of fruit from the traveler's bag.
We watched the monkeys swinging from branch to branch at the city zoo.
(English) We saw the long-tailed primates moving through the trees in the park.
(behavior) Meddle: to interfere or make changes to something in a foolish way
If you monkey with the settings on the computer, you might break it.
(English) If you mess with the internal controls of the machine, it might fail.
He foolishly monkeyed with the engine and now the car won't start at all.
(English) He played around with the motor in a silly way and now it is broken.
Entry ID: en:en:monkey · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary