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monkeyed around

monkeyed around is the simple past and past participle of monkey around.

Meaning of monkey around

Verb

monkey around (third-person singular simple present monkeys around, present participle monkeying around, simple past and past participle monkeyed around)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To act foolishly.
    • I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!1967, Robert Bernard Sherman, Richard Morton Sherman, “I Wan’na Be like You (The Monkey Song)”, in The Jungle Book, performed by Louis Prima and Phil Harris
    Synonyms:
    monkey about

Questions about monkeyed around

What is monkeyed around the simple past and past participle of?
Monkeyed around is the simple past and past participle of monkey around.

Words near monkeyed around in the dictionary

  1. monkeycide
  2. monkeydom
  3. Monkeydonia
  4. monkeyed
  5. monkeyed about
  6. monkeyed around
  7. monkeyed up
  8. monkeyese
  9. monkeyesque
  10. monkeyess
  11. monkeyesses

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