Phrase Hound found 96 phrases and 5 compound words that contain monkeys. The most common are listed below. Open monkeys in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 96
- barrel of monkeysSomeone or something very amusing or funny, fun, mischievous, etc.
- brass monkeysVery cold.
- flying monkeysSynonym of winged monkeys (“ominous pawns of evil forces”).
- code monkeysplural of code monkey: A computer programmer.
- Diana monkeysplural of Diana monkey: Cercopithecus diana, an Old World monkey found in West Africa.
- green monkeysplural of green monkey: An Old World monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus).
- Japanese monkeysplural of Japanese monkey: A species of macaque, Macaca fuscata, native to Japan.
- owl monkeysplural of owl monkey: Any New World monkey of the genus Aotus, which are active at night and have no pinna of the outer ear.
- powder monkeysplural of powder monkey: An explosives expert; a person who sets explosives.
- sand monkeysplural of sand monkey: A sand ridge.
- sea monkeysplural of sea monkey: A brine shrimp, sold as a novelty aquarium pet.
- snow monkeysplural of snow monkey: The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata).
- spider monkeysplural of spider monkey: Any New World monkey of the genus Ateles, with long, spindly limbs.
- surrender monkeysplural of surrender monkey: Ellipsis of cheese-eating surrender monkey.
- sock monkeysplural of sock monkey: A soft toy made from socks fashioned in the likeness of a monkey.
- barrels of monkeysplural of barrel of monkeys: Someone or something very amusing or funny, fun, mischievous, etc.
- grease monkeysplural of grease monkey: A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
- squirrel monkeysplural of squirrel monkey: Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in southern Central America and northern South America.
- winged monkeysOminous pawns of evil forces.
- New World monkeysplural of New World monkey: Any monkey from any of the superfamily Ceboidea: five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
- Old World monkeysplural of Old World monkey: Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae.
- cheeky monkeysplural of cheeky monkey: An impudent person, usually a child.
- woolly monkeysplural of woolly monkey: A New World monkey in the genus Lagothrix.
- howler monkeysplural of howler monkey: A Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.
- rhesus monkeysplural of rhesus monkey: The rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta
Compound words 5
- assmonkeysplural of assmonkey: An obnoxious or contemptible person; a jerk.
- hosemonkeysplural of hosemonkey: Term of endearment for a firefighter.
- monkeyshinesplural of monkeyshine: A puerile prank or trick.
- supermonkeysplural of supermonkey: A monkey with remarkable abilities.
- weremonkeysplural of weremonkey: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a monkey.