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monkeys up

monkeys up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 monkeys up

What is monkeys up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Monkeys up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of monkey up.

Words near monkeys up in the dictionary

  1. monkeys humping a football
  2. monkeys in the middle
  3. monkeys in the woodpile
  4. monkeys might fly out of my butt
  5. monkeys on a stick
  6. monkeys up
  7. monkeys' parade
  8. monkeys' weddings
  9. monkeyshine
  10. monkeyshines
  11. monkeysona

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