Mun

//mʌn// name, noun, pron, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Thailand; in full, River Mun.
  2. 2
    A surname. countable
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Memorial University of Newfoundland. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    A river in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; in full, Mun River.
Noun
  1. 1
    The mouth, jaw. dialectal, obsolete

    "A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns."

  2. 2
    man South-Africa, UK, dialectal
  3. 3
    The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one. Internet

    "Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,^([sic]) trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some[…]"

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of model United Nations. abbreviation, alt-of
Pronoun
  1. 1
    them Devon, UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun"

Verb
  1. 1
    Must. Northern-English, auxiliary, defective, dialectal, modal

    "Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; Doublet of mouth.

Etymology 3

Clipping of mundane.

Etymology 4

Shortened form

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Korean 문 (mun), mainly from Chinese 文.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Want a quick game? Try Word Finder.