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munt

UK/mʌnt/

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Northern England/mʊnt/

munt noun: a black person, usually a man.

Noun (1)

munt (plural munts)

  1. (Rhodesia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A black person, usually a man.
    • My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22
    • Munt was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks.2006, Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, Zebra Press, page 63

Verb

munt (third-person singular simple present munts, present participle munting, simple past and past participle munted)

  1. (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).
  2. (slang) To engage in the act of munting.

Noun (2)

munt (plural munts)

  1. (slang) mangina

Noun (3)

munt (plural munts)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) Something or someone dumb or annoying.

Proper noun capitalized: Munt

Munt

  1. A surname.

Forms of munt

Noun
pluralmunts
Verb
third-person singular presentmunts
present participlemunting
past participlemunted
pastmunted

Origin of munt

Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages. From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).

Related to munted; see there for more.

Blend of man + cunt.

Words that rhyme with munt

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Questions about munt

What does munt mean?
Munt means a black person, usually a man.
What part of speech is munt?
Munt can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce munt?
Munt is pronounced /mʌnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of munt?
The plural of munt is munts.

Words near munt in the dictionary

  1. Munstermen
  2. Munsterwoman
  3. Munsterwomen
  4. munsubdar
  5. munsubdars
  6. munt
  7. Muntaser
  8. Muntay
  9. Muntean
  10. Munteans
  11. munted

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