monkey

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mon·key [monkey monkeys monkeyed monkeying] BrE [ˈmʌŋki] NAmE [ˈmʌŋki] noun
1. an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to ↑apes and humans.
2. (informal)a child who is active and likes playing tricks on people
•Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
3. (BrE, slang)£500
more at brass monkeys at ↑brass
Idioms: ↑I don't give a monkey's ▪ ↑make a monkey of somebody

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  imp, scamp, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey around, muck about, muck around, tamper, fiddle