brass monkey
Very cold.
It's brass monkey weather today, isn't it?
monkey
/ˈmʌŋki/
noun 5verb 2name 1
Collocations
3(noun.)
QUANT
horde, troop
MONKEY + VERB
chatter
hang, swing
The monkeys hung from the trees and entertained the children at the zoo all afternoon.
Definitions
noun
1
A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
2
Any simian, including humans.
3
Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
4
A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:
Stop misbehaving, you cheeky little monkey!
"Yes. He gets to Paris at seven in the morning. He promised to telephone the first thing." "You expensive little monkey!" "Why?" "It's ten shillings for three minutes, or something like that, and you have to go to the G.P.O. or the Mansion House or some such place, I believe."
5
A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:
verb
1
To meddle; to mess (with).
Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps! […] Why monkey with weak imitations when you can come close to the original?”
2
To mimic; to ape.
He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut.
name
1
The ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
spank the monkey
To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
monkey business
Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting.
Stop all this monkey business and do your homework!
monkey wrench
To apply a monkey wrench, e.g. to tighten or loosen nuts.
grease monkey
A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
If you appear like a tramp or grease-monkey how can you expect to meet the people who are able to support your business.
Example Bank
601
He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
Wiktionary02
They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”
Wiktionary03
Following monkeys, apes, and other creatures in their habitats, these scientists turned their notes and observations into voluminous, quantitative data. […] Other examples of nonhuman self-domesticati
Wiktionary04
Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
Wiktionary05
“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps! […] Why monkey with weak imitations when you can come close to the original?”
Wiktionary06
He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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