Meanings
muni1
plural munis
- colloquialA facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.
We usually play at a muni.
- colloquialThe municipal government / municipality
muni2
plural munis
- JainismcolloquialBuddhismA holy man; a noble one; a sage or ascetic.First known use 18th c.
Disguising himself, he ventured into the countryside, where he spied a muni meditating beneath a plane tree.
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158
muni3
plural munis · plural muni's · alternative MUni
- abbreviationclippingcolloquialinformaluncountablecyclingClipping of municycling.
Ok well i figured i'd go ahead and add to my KH collection and add a kh24 along side my kh20. ¶ So, now this is mainly gonna be used for muni, like riding on some trails and what not.
2006 June 4, j5isalive, “About to go buy a KH24...”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet) - abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableinformalcyclingClipping of municycle.
present singular third person munis · present singular third person muni's · participle present muni'ing · participle past muni'd · past muni'd · participle past muni'ed · past muni'ed · alternative MUni
- abbreviationclippingcolloquialinformalintransitivecyclingClipping of municycle.
This'll be my first time to muni at a MTB event (I've raced on my b*ke at such things), so we'll see how things go.
2006 April 27, pkittle, “Muni Race April 29 (Northern California)”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet)1 more example
What happens is that everyone who munis more than a tiny bit naturally gets better and starts hucking larger stuff. In the end, after upgrading everything that broke, they've spent more than they would have buying a solid Muni in the first place.
2006 May 5, vivalargo, “Re: Which 24" Rim for MUni??”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
muni · noun
- Sanskritमुनि
- Englishmuni
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni).
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