munter
[ˈmʊn.tər]UK/ˈmʌn.tə/
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munter noun: an ugly person.
Noun (1)
munter (plural munters)
- An ugly person.
- I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.
- Synonyms:
- biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey, monkeyface, pukeface
- A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.
- He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.
Noun (2)
munter (plural munters)
- A watch (portable timepiece).
- […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.1831, Archaeologia Scotica: Or Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, page 80
- […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]1841, John Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, page 141
Proper noun capitalized: Munter
Munter (plural Munters)
- A surname from German.
Synonyms of munter
- biffer
- boner-shrinker
- bonerkiller
- buttface
- choad
- frump
- minger
- monkey
- monkeyface
- pukeface
Forms of munter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | munters |
| alternative form | monter |
| alternative form | mounter |
| alternative form | muntour |
| alternative form | montour |
| alternative form | mountour |
| alternative form | muntoure |
| alternative form | muntor |
| alternative form | muntar |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Munters |
Origin of munter
Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).
Borrowed from Middle French montre.
* As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter. * Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.
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Questions about munter
- What does munter mean?
- Munter means an ugly person.
- What part of speech is munter?
- Munter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce munter?
- Munter is pronounced /ˈmʌn.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of munter?
- The plural of munter is munters.
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