devil vs monkey

devil

noun
  • A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child. 

  • A barren, unproductive and unused area. 

  • A Tasmanian devil. 

  • A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works". 

  • A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. 

  • A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior. 

  • A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil. 

  • A dust devil. 

  • A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. 

  • An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated. 

  • An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. 

  • The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel. 

  • Hell. 

  • A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do. 

name
  • The chief devil; Satan. 

verb
  • To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition. 

  • To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served. 

  • To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 

  • To annoy or bother. 

  • To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. 

  • To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments. 

monkey

noun
  • A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child. 

  • A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry. 

  • A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion. 

  • The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer. 

  • The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing. 

  • Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape. 

  • A black, a black person. 

  • Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence. 

  • Synonym of five hundred, especially (Britain) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars. 

  • A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence. 

  • A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions. 

  • Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another. 

  • A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches. 

  • Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's. 

  • The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog. 

  • A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. 

  • A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering. 

  • Synonym of face card. 

verb
  • To meddle; to mess (with). 

  • To mimic; to ape. 

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