Green’s Dictionary of Slang

monk v.

[monkey v.]
(US)

1. to trifle with, to fool around.

1889
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1949
[UK]Barrère & Leland Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant.
[US]R. Lardner Big Town 164: The Mrs. told Kate she was a hick to be monking round with a jockey.
[US]J.H. Burns Lucifer with a Book 180: He looked from his windows at the moonlight monking it up with the breast of the nunlike snow on the meadows.

2. to neck, to engage in sexual activity.

1975
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1960
[US] Wentworth & Flexner DAS 343/1: monk [...] To neck. Some c1935 student use; never common.