different between conk vs monk

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Alternative forms

• konk

Noun

conk (plural conks)

1. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
2. (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
3. Alternative spelling of conch

Translations

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

1. (slang) To hit, especially on the head.

Related terms

• conk out

Translations

Etymology 2

From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.

Noun

conk (plural conks)

1. (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

1. (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
   • 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,^[1]

     The barbecue cook, wearing a dirty white apron, his conked hair reddish and metallic in the pale sun, and a cigarette between his lips, stood in the doorway, watching them.

Translations

Etymology 3

Origin unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

1. (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.

References

Anagrams

• Nock, nock

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from ????? (mónos, “alone”).

Alternative forms

• moncke (obsolete)

Noun

monk (plural monks)

1. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
2. in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
3. (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
4. (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
5. (slang) A judge.
6. (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.
7. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
8. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
9. The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
10. The monkfish.
11. (historical) A fuse for firing mines.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:recluse

Derived terms

• Monk Bretton
• Monk Fryston
• monkette

Related terms

• monastery
• monastic
• monasticism

Translations

Verb

monk (third-person singular simple present monks, present participle monking, simple past and past participle monked)

1. To be a monk.
2. To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
3. To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
4. To be intoxicated or confused.
5. To be attached in a way that sticks out.

See also

Etymology 2

By shortening.

Noun

monk (plural monks)

1. (colloquial) A monkey.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• monke

Etymology

From Old English munuc.

Noun

monk (plural monks)

1. monk
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Descendants

• English: monk

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mong, mang, from Proto-Germanic *mang? (“crowd”). Compare English among.

Preposition

monk

1. among

Synonyms

• monken