Monk vs Donk - What's the difference?
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A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (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 (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
(Australia, slang) A car's engine.
(Australia, slang) A fool.
(British, uncountable) A sub-genre of scouse house music (from a common percussive sound used in it).
(poker, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.
(Australia, colloquial, slang) To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
* 1947 , Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney , Volumes 8-10,
(slang) To hit.
* 2007 , Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games ,
* 2011 , Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe ,
As nouns the difference between monk and donk
is that monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service while donk is a car's engine.As a verb donk is
to provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.monk
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(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}
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* abbey * abbot * brother * cloister * convent * friar * hermit * nun * priest * sister ----donk
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(en verb)page 87,
- It was the scene where Steve, Blue, Charl and Pricie-ole-man all mount Seldomfed in the dark and rain on their way to rob a neighbour?s orchard. It would very likely raise a reminiscent smile or grin from one who doubled or trebled or quadrupled-donked it to school.
page 121,
- He rested my shoulder on the lid of the toilet seat and tried pushing me out feet first, but I sagged in the middle and jack-knifed onto the floor, donking my head on the porcelain.
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- Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.