munt

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US, UK/mʌnt/Northern England/mʊnt/

noun

A black person, usually a man.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

munt1

nounmunt (plural munts)

plural munts

  1. RhodesiaderogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurA black person, usually a man.

    Munt was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks.

    2006, Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, Zebra Press, page 63
    1 more example

    My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.

    1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22

munt2

verbmunt (third-person singular simple present munts, present participle munting, simple past and past participle munted)

present singular third person munts · participle present munting · participle past munted · past munted

  1. AustraliaslangTo vomit (usually while drunk).
  2. slangTo engage in the act of munting.

munt3

nounmunt (plural munts)

plural munts

  1. slangmangina
nounmunt (plural munts)

plural munts

  1. New ZealandslangSomething or someone dumb or annoying.

Munt4

proper noun

Origin

munt · noun

  1. Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀
  2. Northern Ndebeleúmúntuder.?
  3. Englishmunt

Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages. From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).

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munt · verb

Related to munted; see there for more.

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munt · noun, noun

Blend of man + cunt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

munt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/munt

MLA

“munt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/munt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “munt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/munt.

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