| 释义 | View usage for:monkey business in British Englishnoun informal mischievous, suspect, dishonest, or meddlesome behaviour or actsmonkey business in American English  US   Informal  foolish, mischievous, or deceitful tricks or behaviordishonest or unacceptable behaviour  You try any monkey business and you're in trouble, right?Is it big business or monkey business?Then the door opened and it was back to monkey business as usual.Examples of 'monkey business' in a sentencemonkey businessSynonyms of 'monkey business'mischief, carry-on, clowning, pranks dishonesty, trickery, skulduggery, chicaneryMore Synonyms of monkey businessDefinition mischievous or dishonest behaviour or acts In bed by nine, and no monkey business.Synonyms carry-on (informal, mainly British) clowning pranks shenanigans (informal) skylarking (informal) monkey tricksDefinition mischievous or dishonest behaviour or acts cold-blooded expertise and political monkey businessAdditional synonymsDefinition trickery or deception The trial revealed a world of crime, corruption and political chicanery.Synonyms trickery,  cheating,  intrigue,  deception,  artifice,  wiles,  duplicity,  subterfuge,  stratagems,  chicane,  double-dealing,  skulduggery (informal),  sharp practice,  sophistry,  deviousness,  wire-pulling (US),  underhandedness, dodgeDefinition  mischievous behaviour offering tax credits and other economic hanky-pankySynonyms mischief,  trickery,  shenanigans (informal),  machinations,  subterfuge,  chicanery,  monkey business (informal),  funny business (informal),  jiggery-pokery (informal, British),  devilry,  knavery (old-fashioned)Definition rough or rowdy play childish splashing and horseplaySynonyms rough-and-tumble,  clowning,  romping,  fooling around,  skylarking (informal),  high jinks,  pranks,  buffoonery,  roughhousing (slang)Nearby words ofmonkey businessmonkmonkeymonkey about or around withmonkey businessmonolithmonolithicmonologue
Additional synonymsDefinition  underhand dealing to achieve an aim accusations of intimidation and political skulduggerySynonyms trickery,  swindling,  machinations,  duplicity,  double-dealing,  fraudulence,  shenanigan(s) (informal),  unscrupulousness,  underhandednessDefinition foolish behaviour Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?Synonyms foolishness,  messing around (informal),  shenanigans,  clowning,  stupidity,  larks (informal),  fooling around (informal),  silliness,  idiocy,  skylarking (informal),  horseplay,  buffoonery,  childishnessThey will resort to trickery in order to impress their clients. Synonyms deception,  fraud,  cheating,  con (informal),  hoax,  pretence,  deceit,  dishonesty,  swindling,  guile,  double-dealing,  skulduggery (informal),  chicanery,  hanky-panky (informal),  hokum (slang, US, Canadian),  monkey business (informal),  funny business,  jiggery-pokery (informal, British), imposture |