monkey is on the Basic English 850 List.
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Singular
monkey

Plural
monkeys

 
A young snow monkey
 
A monkey
  1. A monkey is a primate with a long tail that climbs trees.
    We saw Vervet monkeys in the Zoo.

Verb change

Plain form
monkey

Third-person singular
monkeys

Past tense
monkeyed

Past participle
monkeyed

Present participle
monkeying

  1. (transitive) If you monkey something, you make changes to it.
    I foolishly monkeyed with the control panel and it ended up exploding.

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