monkey around

Questions about monkey around

What does monkey around mean?

monkey around means "do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly".

What is another word for monkey around?

Close synonyms include putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monkey around a common word?

monkey around is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.