Usually means: Deceptive or mischievous behavior, antics.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word monkey business:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. monkey business: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. monkey business: Merriam-Webster
  3. monkey business: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. monkey business: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. monkey business: Collins English Dictionary
  6. monkey business: Vocabulary.com
  7. monkey business: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. monkey business: Wiktionary
  9. monkey business: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. monkey business: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. monkey business: Dictionary.com
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  13. monkey business: Rhymezone
  14. monkey business: FreeDictionary.org
  15. monkey business: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. monkey business: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. monkey business: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. monkey business: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. monkey business: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (monkey business)

noun:  Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting.
noun:  Activity that is morally questionable or even mildly illegal.

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