munter

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UK/ˈmʌn.tə/[ˈmʊn.tər]

noun

An ugly person.

“I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.”

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

munter1

nounmunter (plural munters)

plural munters

  1. 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

  2. CommonwealthslangA person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

    He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.

munter2

nounmunter (plural munters)

plural munters · alternative monter · alternative mounter · alternative muntour · alternative montour · alternative mountour · alternative muntoure · alternative muntor · alternative muntar

  1. 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 80
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    […] 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

proper nounMunter (plural Munters)

plural Munters

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

munter · noun

  1. Turkishmantar“mushroom”
  2. Englishmunter

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

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munter · noun

  1. Middle Frenchmontre
  2. Middle Frenchmontre
  3. Englishmunter

Borrowed from Middle French montre.

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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 & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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