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monkeying about

monkeying about is the present participle and gerund of monkey about.

Meaning of monkey about

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of monkey around.
    Synonyms:
    monkey around

Questions about monkeying about

What is monkeying about the present participle and gerund of?
Monkeying about is the present participle and gerund of monkey about.

Words near monkeying about in the dictionary

  1. monkeyfy
  2. monkeyfying
  3. monkeygland
  4. monkeyhood
  5. monkeying
  6. monkeying about
  7. monkeying around
  8. monkeying up
  9. monkeyish
  10. monkeyishly
  11. monkeyishness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monkeying about (page history and authors); monkey about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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