monkeying

Verb

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

1. (informal, intransitive) To meddle; to mess (with).
   • Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.

   Synonyms:

   interfere, fiddle

2. (transitive) To mimic; to ape.
   • He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut.2011, Elizabeth Mosier, The Playgroup, page 83

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