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monkeyfy

monkeyfy verb: to cause to appear foolish; to make a monkey out of.

Verb

monkeyfy (third-person singular simple present monkeyfies, present participle monkeyfying, simple past and past participle monkeyfied)

  1. (dated, transitive) To cause to appear foolish; to make a monkey out of.

Forms of monkeyfy

third-person singular presentmonkeyfies
present participlemonkeyfying
past participlemonkeyfied
pastmonkeyfied

Origin of monkeyfy

From monkey + -fy.

Questions about monkeyfy

What does monkeyfy mean?
Monkeyfy means to cause to appear foolish; to make a monkey out of.
What part of speech is monkeyfy?
Monkeyfy is a verb.
What is the past tense of monkeyfy?
The past tense of monkeyfy is monkeyfied.

Words near monkeyfy in the dictionary

  1. monkeyfaces
  2. monkeyfied
  3. monkeyfies
  4. monkeyflower
  5. monkeyflowers
  6. monkeyfy
  7. monkeyfying
  8. monkeygland
  9. monkeyhood
  10. monkeying
  11. monkeying about

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