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Verb monkey around has 1 sense

• monkey around(v = verb.contact) mess around, monkey, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
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monkey around

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VB to be an imbecile, have no brains, have no sense, trifle, drivel, radoter, dote, ramble, play the fool, play the monkey, monkey around, fool around, take leave of one's senses (insanity), not see an inch beyond one's nose, stultify oneself, talk nonsense.

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