Pronunciation
- IPA: /mʌŋk/
monk (plural monks)
- 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) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- (slang) A judge.
- (printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
- A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
- 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.
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
- Italian: celibe
monk (monks, present participle monking; past and past participle monked)
- 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.
- To be attached in a way that sticks out.
monk (plural monks)
- (colloquial) A monkey.
Monk
Proper noun
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