Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monkey walk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: mon-key walk
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of monkey run.

British usage; Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

"In pre-war Britain, for example, younger people had mainly gained introductions to the opposite sex through the ‘evening walk’, with many British cities having well-known routes along which groups of young women and men would walk […]. Known colloquially as ‘monkeyruns’ or ‘monkeywalks’, these provided a relatively informal and regulated space for sexual performance and display […]"

Usage

British usage
Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

monkey walks (plural) monkeywalk (alternative)

Synonyms

monkey run

Questions

What does monkey walk mean?: Synonym of monkey run.

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