monkey around
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Verb
monkey around (third-person singular simple present monkeys around, present participle monkeying around, simple past and past participle monkeyed around)
- (idiomatic) To act foolishly.
- 1967, Robert Bernard Sherman; Richard Morton Sherman (lyrics and music), “I Wan’na Be like You (The Monkey Song)”, in The Jungle Book, performed by Louis Prima and Phil Harris:
- I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
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Synonyms
- monkey about
Translations
to act foolishly
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