Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, colloquial, countable)Everything; the whole package.

    I thought he was only going to buy the basic kit, but he bought the full monty.

  2. (UK, colloquial, countable)A full breakfast.

  3. (UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Nudity.

Origin

Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most comm

Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping.

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Forms

plural: full monties
Singularfull monty
Pluralfull monties

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
hookB2lockA2all the marblesbag and baggageeverything but the galley stoveeverything but the kitchen sinkeverything under the sunkit and caboodlethe whole bang shootthe whole nine yardswhole ball of waxwhole hogwhole enchiladawhole package

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fullA1fullnessfullyA2fumble
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