monkey around

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monkey around

verb monkeys around · monkeying around · monkeyed around

  1. idiomatic, informal, intransitive To act foolishly. I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!

    Similar: monkey about

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verb to act foolishly

中文胡鬧 /胡闹 húnào
Françaisfaire le singe
Deutschherumalbern, Unfug treiben

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@misc{monkey_around_2026,
  title = {monkey around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monkey%20around},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}