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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/
noun1 of 2
an animal related to humans, which lives in trees
- “Guys, this year will be the year of monkey business.”Tatoeba
- “A monkey prefers to see other monkeys above all else.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To meddle; to mess (with).
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)