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monkeying up

monkeying up is the present participle of monkey up.

Meaning of monkey up

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.

Questions about monkeying up

What is monkeying up the present participle of?
Monkeying up is the present participle of monkey up.

Words near monkeying up in the dictionary

  1. monkeygland
  2. monkeyhood
  3. monkeying
  4. monkeying about
  5. monkeying around
  6. monkeying up
  7. monkeyish
  8. monkeyishly
  9. monkeyishness
  10. monkeyism
  11. monkeyisms

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