monkey patching

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. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of monkey patch
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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