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monkeyed

monkeyed is the simple past and past participle of monkey.

Meaning of monkey

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To meddle; to mess (with).
    • Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
    Synonyms:
    interfere, fiddle
  2. (transitive) To mimic; to ape.
    • He winked at Liza, who monkeyed him, holding her own eye shut.2011, Elizabeth Mosier, The Playgroup, page 83

See all 23 meanings of monkey

Forms of monkeyed

alternative formmonkied

Phrases with monkeyed

Questions about monkeyed

What is monkeyed the simple past and past participle of?
Monkeyed is the simple past and past participle of monkey.

Words near monkeyed in the dictionary

  1. monkeyboard
  2. monkeyboards
  3. monkeycide
  4. monkeydom
  5. Monkeydonia
  6. monkeyed
  7. monkeyed about
  8. monkeyed around
  9. monkeyed up
  10. monkeyese
  11. monkeyesque

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