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monkey patch en · NOUN

Etymology

Apparently from earlier guerrilla patch (“code that sneakily changes other code”), understood as gorilla patch. A monkey patch was then a more carefully written instance of such a patch. Or simply derived from monkey (“to mess with”, verb).

Meanings

1. (slang) A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcibly overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
monkeypatch		alternative	lexicographic
monkey patches	Number=Plur		lexicographic
monkey-patch		alternative	lexicographic

monkey patch en · VERB

Etymology

Apparently from earlier guerrilla patch (“code that sneakily changes other code”), understood as gorilla patch. A monkey patch was then a more carefully written instance of such a patch. Or simply derived from monkey (“to mess with”, verb).

Meanings

1. (slang, transitive) To alter the behaviour of a program by forcibly overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.
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Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
monkey patching	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
monkey patches	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
monkey patched	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
monkey patched	Tense=Past		lexicographic
monkeypatch		alternative	lexicographic
monkey-patch		alternative	lexicographic