1. monkey - Noun
2. monkey - Verb
4. Monkey - Proper noun
In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.
A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJust cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. George Carlin
I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. Mark Twain
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. Mencken
The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla. African Proverb
When the man is away, the monkey eats his corn and goes into his hut. African Zulu Proverb
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch -- both cannot be saved. Hindi Proverb