monkey patched

A form of monkey patch — A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcibly overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of monkey patch
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APA

monkey patched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20patched

MLA

“monkey patched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20patched. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monkey patched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20patched.

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