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monkey patched

monkey patched is the simple past and past participle of monkey patch.

Meaning of monkey patch

Verb

monkey patch (third-person singular simple present monkey patches, present participle monkey patching, simple past and past participle monkey patched)

  1. (slang, transitive) To alter the behaviour of a program by forcibly overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.
    • Even though that works with some browsers, others provide Anchor objects without click() methods. Add this magic code to your application.js, to Monkey Patch a JavaScript click() event:2007, Philip C. Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)

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Questions about monkey patched

What is monkey patched the simple past and past participle of?
Monkey patched is the simple past and past participle of monkey patch.

Words near monkey patched in the dictionary

  1. monkey orchestras
  2. monkey orchid
  3. monkey parade
  4. monkey parades
  5. monkey patch
  6. monkey patched
  7. monkey patches
  8. monkey patching
  9. monkey paw
  10. monkey paws
  11. monkey pod

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