1 an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to APES and humans.
2 (informal) a child who is active and likes playing tricks on people:
Come here, you cheeky little monkey!
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I don't / couldn't give a monkey's (BrE, slang) used to say, in a way that is not very polite, that you do not care about sth, or are not at all interested in it:
I don't give a monkey's whether you want to come or not.
make a monkey (out) of sb to make sb seem stupid
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