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How to pronounce “monk”
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Pronunciation guide for monk
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of monk with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Don't Worry. Be Grumpy
He's the coolest monk in at least the Southern hemisphere,
- Definition summary
- A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce monk
Don't Worry. Be Grumpy
He's the coolest monk in at least the Southern hemisphere,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “monk”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
- In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
- (slang) Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- (slang) A judge.
- (printing, archaic) An inkblot.
- A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
- The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- The monkfish.
- (historical) A fuse for firing mines.
- [Verb]
- To be a monk.
- To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
- To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
- To be intoxicated or confused.
- (transitive) To attach so that it sticks out.
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