Meanings
verbmankeep (third-person singular simple present mankeeps, present participle mankeeping, simple past and past participle mankept)
present singular third person mankeeps · participle present mankeeping · participle past mankept · past mankept
- To engage in mankeeping.
Yes, but mankeeping is a real thing: men don’t mankeep; women mankeep.
2025 June 16, “Mankeeping: why single women are giving up dating”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025
Origin
Back-formation from mankeeping, equivalent to man + keep.
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APA
mankeep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mankeep
MLA
“mankeep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mankeep. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mankeep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mankeep.
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