monkey around

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monkey around (third-person singular simple present monkeys around, present participle monkeying around, simple past and past participle monkeyed around)

(informal, idiomatic) To act foolishly.
Synonym: monkey about
- 1967, Robert Bernard Sherman, Richard Morton Sherman (lyrics and music), “I Wan’na Be like You (The Monkey Song)”, in The Jungle Book, performed by Louis Prima and Phil Harris:
  I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!

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Translations

to act foolishly

Finnish: temppuilla (fi)
French: faire le singe (fr)
Ingrian: mutkitella
Maori: mākahi

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