{To monkey with}, {To monkey around with}, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
monkey with — TAMPER WITH, fiddle with, interfere with, meddle with, tinker with, play with; informal mess with; Brit. informal muck about/around with. → monkey * * * monkey with [phrasal verb] monkey with (something) informal : to handle or play wit … Useful english dictionary
monkey with — don t monkey with those switches Syn: tamper with, fiddle with, interfere with, meddle with, tinker with, play with; informal mess with … Thesaurus of popular words
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monkey with — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, busybody, butt in, fool, fool with, horn in, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, kibitz, make, meddle, meddle with, mess with, nose, pry, snoop, tamper with … Moby Thesaurus
monkey with someone or something — Go o mess with someone or something … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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monkey — ► NOUN (pl. monkeys) 1) a small to medium sized primate typically having a long tail and living in trees in tropical countries. 2) a mischievous child. 3) Brit. informal a sum of £500. ► VERB (monkeys, monkeyed) 1) … English terms dictionary
Monkey — Mon key, v. t. & i. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. [1913 Webster] {To monkey with}, {To monkey around with}, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
