Meanings
munter1
plural munters
- IrelandUKderogatoryslangAn ugly person.
I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.
Synonyms: biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey
- CommonwealthslangA person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.
He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.
munter2
plural munters · alternative monter · alternative mounter · alternative muntour · alternative montour · alternative mountour · alternative muntoure · alternative muntor · alternative muntar
- ScotlandobsoleteA 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 801 more example
[…] 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
Munter3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ugly person.
Origin
munter · noun
- Turkishmantar“mushroom”
- Englishmunter
Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).
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Full word history & related roots →munter · noun
- Middle Frenchmontre
- Middle Frenchmontre
- Englishmunter
Borrowed from Middle French montre.
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Full word history & related roots →Munter · proper noun
* 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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Rhymes with munter
All rhymes →Cite this entry
munter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/munter
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