Muntzing

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noun

The practice of reducing the components inside an electronic appliance to the minimum required for it to function.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounMuntzing (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableThe practice of reducing the components inside an electronic appliance to the minimum required for it to function.

Origin

From Muntz + -ing, after the salesman and electrical engineer Earl "Madman" Muntz.

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APA

Muntzing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Muntzing

MLA

“Muntzing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Muntzing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Muntzing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Muntzing.

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