monkey
noun
any of more than 250 species of simian primates belonging to the two distinct lines of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.
are monkeying
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present progressiveof monkey.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I don't know why they are monkeying around.
From Time Magazine Archive
He will be arrested, and while they are monkeying with him we must get out of the way.
From Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery by A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
