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as in addiction
a physiological need for certain drugs
I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off
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as in devil
an appealingly mischievous person
come back here, you little monkey!
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Recent Examples of monkey
Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
Ahead, more resort-ready wear and accessories for the tropical destinations on your itinerary (just watch out for the monkeys).
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Michael Haag, Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.
—Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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Noun
Animals like birds, monitor lizards, snakes, and monkeys are seen throughout.
—Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
Ahead, more resort-ready wear and accessories for the tropical destinations on your itinerary (just watch out for the monkeys).
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
The Bears will be prepared for the environment, but getting that Morgantown monkey off their back will take a lot more than imagined.
—Michael Haag, Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.
—Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkey
Noun
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During the council’s final vote, several members shared their own stories of addiction and loss because of tobacco.—
Jodi Radke,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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The state agencies charged with addressing hard drug addiction and the safe use of cannabis are failing to educate the public as to the dangers of drug use.—
Howard Husock,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pair with sausage and sauerkraut or with a dessert of devil’s food cake.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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People who have never seen a Griffith film deride him as a devil without any redeeming qualities.—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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But, for the most part, all of these experiences pale in comparison to the other games that are being aped, the ones that are the apex of their genre.—
Echo Apsey,
Rolling Stone,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
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The black rascal was giving something what-for, and that prompted a gobble only 200 yards from me, followed by another and another.—
Larry Dablemont,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The show parodies the life of Jeanie Buss, president of the Los Angeles Lakers.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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Cold Open This week’s Cold Open parodied the Trump-Zelenskyy press conference from earlier in the week.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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So, what exactly happened in the roughly 12-minute disaster zone underneath the Live table, that resulted in Consuelos' zipper going rogue?—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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In an unexpected appearance, a rogue pigeon stole the show during the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Among the innovations was Modern Meadow, a U.S.-based company founded in 2011 in Nutley, N.J., that has developed a material combining a soy protein structure and a nylon matrix to mimic closely the natural properties of collagen found in leather.—
Cristina Manfredi,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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In trials, pills that mimic the genetic variation that helps Amish live longer has done the same thing for mice.—
Charlie De Mar,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And Deadline recently reported Charli XCX could be trading her brat green to play the White Witch.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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The city said goodbye in February to Good Wurst Co., a local favorite for bagels and brats.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkey. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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