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monkey up

monkey up verb: to bungle or mess up something.

Verb

monkey up (third-person singular simple present monkeys up, present participle monkeying up, simple past and past participle monkeyed up)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, uncommon) To bungle or mess up something.
  2. (idiomatic, slang, uncommon) To assemble hardware for a particular task, often yielding a crafty and temporary solution.

Forms of monkey up

third-person singular presentmonkeys up
present participlemonkeying up
past participlemonkeyed up
pastmonkeyed up

Questions about monkey up

What does monkey up mean?
Monkey up means to bungle or mess up something.
What part of speech is monkey up?
Monkey up is a verb.
What is the past tense of monkey up?
The past tense of monkey up is monkeyed up.

Words near monkey up in the dictionary

  1. monkey trail
  2. monkey trails
  3. monkey trap
  4. monkey traps
  5. monkey trial
  6. monkey up
  7. monkey walk
  8. monkey walks
  9. Monkey Ward's
  10. monkey wheel
  11. monkey wheels

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