mimic vs monkey

mimic

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. 

noun
  • An imitation. 

  • A comic who does impressions. 

  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. 

  • A mime. 

adj
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. 

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

  • Mock, pretended. 

monkey

verb
  • To mimic; to ape. 

  • To meddle; to mess (with). 

noun
  • 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. 

  • A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child. 

  • 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. 

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