Find the word definition

Wiktionary
munter

n. 1 (context British slang pejorative English) An ugly person. 2 (context New Zealand slang English) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

Wikipedia
Munter

Munter or Münter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alex Munter (born 1968), Canadian politician and journalist, currently President and CEO of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
  • Cameron Munter (born 1954), current United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Friedrich Münter (1761-1830), Danish bishop and scholar
  • Gabriele Münter (1887-1962) German Expressionist artist
  • Leilani Münter (born 1976), American race car driver and environmental activist
  • Rosanna Munter (born 1987), Swedish singer
  • Scott Munter (born 1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Werner Munter (born 1941), Swiss mountain guide, author, and safety expert

Usage examples of "munter".

I shake my traveling risers loose from my full-body harness, slide my hands over the crowded gear sling that we call a rack, find the two-bearing pulley by feel, clip it on to the riser ring with a carabiner, run a Munter hitch into a second carabiner as a friction-brake backup to the pulley brake, find my best offset-D carabiner and use it to clip the pulley flanges together around the cable, and then run my safety line through the first two carabiners while tying a short prusik sling onto the rope, finally clipping that on to my chest harness below the risers.

Faint sounds of drawers opening and closing came from the bedroom door that Sandra Munter left ajar.

Sandra Munter was returning to the tiny living room, five videotapes stacked in her hands.

Ethan was reassuring Sandra Munter that she was doing the right thing.

I shake my traveling risers loose from my full-body harness, slide my hands over the crowded gear sling that we call a rack, find the two-bearing pulley by feel, clip it on to the riser ring with a carabiner, run a Munter hitch into a second carabiner as a friction-brake backup to the pulley brake, find my best offset-D carabiner and use it to clip the pulley flanges together around the cable, and then run my safety line through the first two carabiners while tying a short prusik sling onto the rope, finally clipping that on to my chest harness below the risers.

See Clancy (1997) or Santoro & Cohen (1997)--anger, Black (1998)--shame, Birkedahl (1991)--better habits, Ellis (1998)--upsetting thoughts, Hirschmann & Munter (1995)--poor body image, Twerski, (1997)--self-deception, and Washton & Boundy (1989)--self-misunderstanding, who take this approach.