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monkey humping a football

monkey humping a football noun: energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.

Noun

monkey humping a football

  1. (vulgar) Energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.
    • The whole exercise was a monkey humping a football.
  2. (vulgar) A manner of riding a horse, motorcycle or other vehicle, in which the rider crouches forward and may bounce in the saddle.
    • This poseur was riding like a monkey humping a football, but I blew past him.

Questions about monkey humping a football

What does monkey humping a football mean?
Monkey humping a football means energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.
What part of speech is monkey humping a football?
Monkey humping a football is a noun.

Words near monkey humping a football in the dictionary

  1. monkey hours
  2. monkey house
  3. monkey houses
  4. monkey humper
  5. monkey humpers
  6. monkey humping a football
  7. monkey in the middle
  8. monkey in the woodpile
  9. monkey island
  10. monkey islands
  11. monkey jack

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