monkeyed
SayMUNG-keed/ˈmʌŋkid/
- 1Simple past and past participle of monkey.
He monkeyed with the settings and crashed the whole system.
Someone had monkeyed with the files before the audit began.
Note
The spelling keeps its y because a vowel stands before it: monkeyed, never monkied, just as with played or obeyed. In the informal 'meddle' meaning, the verb brings its preposition along, even into the passive: someone monkeyed with the settings, and the files had been monkeyed with. The transitive 'mimic, ape' meaning takes a direct object instead, with no preposition: he monkeyed his teacher's walk.
monkeyed is a form of monkey
monkey, verb: To meddle or interfere, especially with something one shouldn't be handling. Full entry
- Spelling
- monkey → monkeyed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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