Sentence examples for to monkeys from inspiring English sources
verb
To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
- Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
One compared Barack and Michelle Obama to monkeys.
"Seurat made five drawings devoted to monkeys," Hauptman said.
"I said, this is comparable to monkeys using tools!
She charms the locals, talks to monkeys and hugs an ice sculpture.
"Scientifically, we have so many similarities to monkeys, so I don't know," she said.
The method was applied to monkeys given Epi-hNE4 by inhalation.
It turns out that T shapes are important to monkeys, too.
We showed that if you give it to monkeys, they're then much more likely to offer another monkey a treat.
They worked with mice, rats, fish, turtles, cats, and pigeons, then moved on to monkeys, children, and brain-damaged adults.
The obvious slur here is "monkey this up". Likening African Americans to monkeys, apes and chimps is a racist pastime.
This article was amended on 14 November to correct one instance where chimps were referred to "monkeys".
