pinter
/ˈpɪntəɹ/
pinter noun: the drinking of a certain number of pints of beer.
Noun
pinter (plural pinters)
- The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
- A container that holds a certain number of pints.
- “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red, page 262
- Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
- She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.
Proper noun capitalized: Pinter
Pinter (plural Pinters)
- A surname from Hungarian.
- Harold Pinter, English playwright.
- I did Pinter for GCSE. I didn't understand it much though.1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders
- Harold Pinter, English playwright.
Forms of pinter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pinters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Pinters |
Origin of pinter
From pint + -er.
From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.
Words formed from pinter
Questions about pinter
- What does pinter mean?
- Pinter means the drinking of a certain number of pints of beer.
- What part of speech is pinter?
- Pinter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pinter?
- Pinter is pronounced /ˈpɪntəɹ/.
- What is the plural of pinter?
- The plural of pinter is pinters.
Words near pinter in the dictionary
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