full monty

noun

full mon·​ty -ˈmän-tē 

variants or full Monty

1

chiefly British slang : everything that is available, possible, or necessary : all that there is to have or do

… an electric motor's ability to deliver its full monty of torque …

—Lawrence Ulrich

—usually used with the

Assuming you've decided on the full monty of a CPU and motherboard upgrade, the first decision you need to make is which CPU.

—Wayne Kawamoto

I will force myself to take on the full monty each time, from taking the wheel off the bike to pumping the tube back up and reattaching the wheel.

—Dimity McDowell

2

chiefly British slang : total nudity

—usually used with the

That two (male) streakers were not prepared to do the full monty, by keeping their briefs on, reflected a certain half-heartedness about the Republic of Ireland's flattering 3-0 victory over Finland.

—Steve Tongue

[Jim] McBride credits shows like "True Blood" and "Shameless" with desensitizing the American viewer to the full monty—though female nudity remains far more abundant than the male version.

—Megan Monk and Justin Rocket Silverman

Word History

Etymology

of obscure origin

Note: Sense 2 was popularized by the British film The Full Monty (1997), in which a group of unemployed Sheffield workers develop a male striptease act.

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1