Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang Silly, mischievous, or deceitful acts or behavior.
Wiktionary
- n. US, slang Wasting time, or effort, on some foolish project.
- n. An activity that is considered silly, or stupid, or time-wasting.
- n. idiomatic An activity that may be considered illegal, questionable, or a vice, but not felonious.
WordNet 3.0
- n. mischievous or deceitful behavior
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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Onk-tastic
Words containing the sound /ŏngk/.
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that's just beastly!
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Noah's Park
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Money
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
truthiness, bacchanalia, disappointed, love handles, pussy, overrated, perspective, quitter, alito, camilla-mania, cat, shhhh!... and 335 more...
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let the wild rumpus start!
mischief of one kind...and another
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Fun phrases & Idioms2
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They call me Mister Monkey!
Anything with 'monkey' in it...
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English Words Derived from Hindi
Some surprises, at least for me!
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M is for Miss Scarlet
My M Words
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whichbe Behaving naughtily or mischievously. May 20, 2008