phrasal verbwithmonkeyinformaldisapproving(UKalsomonkey about)tobehavein asillyandannoyingway:胡闹,捣蛋Thechildrenwereboredandstartedmonkeyingaround.孩子们都感到厌烦了,开始胡闹。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesBehaving in a silly way
act/play the goatidiom
be asking for it/troubleidiom
be playing atsomethingidiom
blonde
clown
cutsomethingup
faff
goof
goof around
have a blonde momentidiom
horse
horse around
kid
mess
monkey
mucksomeone/somethingabout/around
piss(someone)about/around
play around
play silly buggersidiom
spectacle
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monkey around
phrasal verbwithmonkeytobehavein asilly,playfulway:Thekidswere just monkeying around,throwingthings at each other.(Definition ofmonkey aroundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/monkey-around##