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bleeding the monkey

bleeding the monkey is the present participle and gerund of bleed the monkey.

Meaning of bleed the monkey

Verb

bleed the monkey (third-person singular simple present bleeds the monkey, present participle bleeding the monkey, simple past and past participle bled the monkey)

  1. (slang) Synonym of suck the monkey (“to surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube”).
    • He invented the 'monkey fist' — a knot which gives weight to a heaving line; the union plate he called a 'monkey face' and, in times of merrymaking, he frequently 'bled the monkey' to get his grog.1969, Lookout: Annual report issue, volumes 60-62
    Synonyms:
    suck the monkey

Questions about bleeding the monkey

What is bleeding the monkey the present participle and gerund of?
Bleeding the monkey is the present participle and gerund of bleed the monkey.

Words near bleeding the monkey in the dictionary

  1. bleeding oak crust
  2. bleeding out
  3. bleeding red ink
  4. bleeding sickness
  5. bleeding stump
  6. bleeding the monkey
  7. bleeding time
  8. bleeding time test
  9. bleeding time tests
  10. bleeding times
  11. bleeding tooth fungus

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