monkey up

English

Verb

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

1. (slang, idiomatic, uncommon) To bungle or mess up something.
2. (slang, idiomatic, uncommon) To assemble hardware for a particular task, often yielding a crafty and temporary solution.

See also

• monkey about
• monkey around