Contrary monkeys peel bananas, stifling little noises (6)
I believe the answer is:
bleeps
'stifling little noises' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'contrary monkeys peel bananas' is the wordplay.
'BLEEPS' is hidden backwards within the letters.
However, I am uncertain how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bleeps that I've seen before include "High-pitched signals" , "Short high tones to send signals" , "Audible signals" , "censors bad language" .)