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monkeys around

monkeys around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 monkeys around

What is monkeys around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Monkeys around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of monkey around.

Words near monkeys around in the dictionary

  1. monkeyrony
  2. monkeyrun
  3. monkeyruns
  4. monkeys
  5. monkeys about
  6. monkeys around
  7. monkeys humping a football
  8. monkeys in the middle
  9. monkeys in the woodpile
  10. monkeys might fly out of my butt
  11. monkeys on a stick

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