"monkey around" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "monkeys around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeying around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeyed around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeyed around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "monkey around (third-person singular simple present monkeys around, present participle monkeying around, simple past and past participle monkeyed around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Robert Bernard Sherman, Richard Morton Sherman (lyrics and music), “I Wan’na Be like You (The Monkey Song)”, in The Jungle Book, performed by Louis Prima and Phil Harris",
          "text": "I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act foolishly."
      ],
      "id": "en-monkey_around-en-verb-QHWT0UBP",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "foolishly",
          "foolishly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To act foolishly."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "barrel of monkeys"
        },
        {
          "word": "monkeyshine"
        },
        {
          "word": "monkey up"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monkey about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to act foolishly",
          "word": "temppuilla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to act foolishly",
          "word": "faire le singe"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to act foolishly",
          "word": "mutkitella"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to act foolishly",
          "word": "mākahi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-monkey around.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-au-monkey_around.ogg/En-au-monkey_around.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-au-monkey_around.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monkey around"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "monkeys around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeying around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeyed around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monkeyed around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "monkey around (third-person singular simple present monkeys around, present participle monkeying around, simple past and past participle monkeyed around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "barrel of monkeys"
    },
    {
      "word": "monkeyshine"
    },
    {
      "word": "monkey up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Robert Bernard Sherman, Richard Morton Sherman (lyrics and music), “I Wan’na Be like You (The Monkey Song)”, in The Jungle Book, performed by Louis Prima and Phil Harris",
          "text": "I wanna be a man, mancub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act foolishly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "foolishly",
          "foolishly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To act foolishly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monkey about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-monkey around.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-au-monkey_around.ogg/En-au-monkey_around.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-au-monkey_around.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act foolishly",
      "word": "temppuilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to act foolishly",
      "word": "faire le singe"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to act foolishly",
      "word": "mutkitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to act foolishly",
      "word": "mākahi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monkey around"
}