monkey up

verb

To bungle or mess up something.

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Meanings

verbmonkey up (third-person singular simple present monkeys up, present participle monkeying up, simple past and past participle monkeyed up)

present singular third person monkeys up · participle present monkeying up · participle past monkeyed up · past monkeyed up

  1. idiomaticslanguncommonTo bungle or mess up something.
  2. idiomaticslanguncommonTo assemble hardware for a particular task, often yielding a crafty and temporary solution.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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