Monstername

• 1

  A surname.

  • And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.

monsternoun/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/

• 1

  A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

  • O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.
  • [T]he monſter [sc. a tiger], rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.
• 2

  A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

  • Get away from those children, you monster!
  • I'm not a monster, Tom, well, technically I am / I guess I am...
• 3

  A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

  • Sit still, you little monster!
  • The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.
• 4

  informalA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.

  • That dude playing guitar is a monster.
  • He was a party monster. Able to drink and drug just about any member of the Fleetwood Mac family under the table, he did so with regularity and charm.
• 5

  informalA creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).

  • Have you seen those powerlifters on TV? They're monsters.
  • Although she, for many years had waged continual war against rheumatism, her pleasant face shone like the full moon from under the white head-gear, while she had protected herself against any possible attack of the enemy by a multiplicity of petticoats and jackets; and as an outer fortification she had put on a monster of a frieze cloak.
• 6

  archaicA creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).

  • The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.
  • Deducting then these cases, we have a large proportion of imperfect foetuses, which belonged to twin conceptions, and in which, therefore, the circulation of the monster may have essentially depended on that of the sound child.
• 7

  offensivearchaicA creature of unnatural or highly unusual shape or form (which makes a frightening or unpleasant impression).

• 8

  A bizarre or whimsical creature.

  • The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.

monsteradj/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/

• 1

  informalVery large; worthy of a monster.

  • He has a monster appetite.
  • I turned to Jack and said, "It's supposed to be monster."
• 2

  informalGreat; very good; excellent.

  • “You did great today,” I told Josh. “You were monster.” “yeah,” he said. “I was monster. Thank you, Charlie.”
  • Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.

monsterverb/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/

• 1

  To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.

  • Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.
  • A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations feature four cases of women monstered by passion. Madame Defarge is ‘a tigress’, Mrs Joe a virago, Molly (Estella′s criminal mother) ‘a wild beast tamed’ and Miss Havisham a witch-like creature, a ghastly combination of waxwork and skeleton.
• 2

  To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.

  • In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty hours.¹⁷⁷
  • The interrogators asked members of the 377th Military Police Company to help them with monstering, and the MPs complied.
• 3

  To harass.

  • Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.
• 4

  To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.

  • Are you monstering that event?