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.
have been monkeying
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present perfect progressiveof monkey.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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So you have been monkeying with the wires there after all, have you?
From The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity by Francis Lovell Coombs
