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How to pronounce “monkey”

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Pronunciation guide for monkey

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of monkey with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Mirror Neurons The Smart Cellsevery time the monkey would grow
Definition summary: (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.

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Mirror Neurons The Smart Cells

every time the monkey would grow

[Noun]
(strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
(cladistically) Any simian including humans.
(loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.
(figurative, generally derogatory) A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:
(slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
(slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
(slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
(blackjack) Synonym of face card.
(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
(dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
[Verb]
(intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).
(transitive) To mimic; to ape.