monkey business
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nounDefinition of MONKEY BUSINESS
: shenanigan 2
See Examples of MONKEY BUSINESS
- Our teacher warned us not to try any monkey business while she was out of the room.
- <the new nanny will not tolerate such monkey business from her charges>
First Known Use of MONKEY BUSINESS
1883
Related to MONKEY BUSINESS
- Synonyms
- buffoonery, clownery, clowning, foolery, high jinks (also hijinks), horsing around, horseplay, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), roughhouse, roughhousing, shenanigan(s), skylarking, slapstick, tomfoolery
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