MONKEY BUSINESS Synonyms

• acting like a clown or buffoon

• a comic incident or series of incidents

• the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

• a stupid mistake

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• foolish or senseless behavior

• noisy and mischievous merrymaking

• rowdy or boisterous play

• reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

• the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

• having no intelligible meaning

• foolish or senseless behavior

• verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• ludicrously odd

• act as or like a clown

• any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

• pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• a playful leap or hop

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• jump about playfully

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• acting like a clown or buffoon

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• dress or decorate showily or gaudily

• dress up showily

• reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

• play boisterously