pinter

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/ˈpɪntəɹ//ˈpɪntɚ/

noun

The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer

“She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.”

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

pinter1

nounpinter (plural pinters)

plural pinters

  1. UKslangThe drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
  2. UKslangA container that holds a certain number of pints.

    “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.

    2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red, page 262
  3. UKslangSomething that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.

    She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

Pinter2

proper nounPinter (plural Pinters)

plural Pinters

  1. A surname from Hungarian.
    1. Harold Pinter, English playwright.

      I did Pinter for GCSE. I didn't understand it much though.

      1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders

Origin

Pinter · proper noun

  1. GermanBinder
  2. Bavarianbinder
  3. HungarianPintér
  4. EnglishPinter

From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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