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ketchuppy en · ADJ

Etymology

From ketchup + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of ketchup.
   • Lift the ketchup off the heat and leave to cool slightly before pouring the whole lot into a food processor (in batches), or use a hand blender to blend to a lovely thick ‘ketchuppy’ consistency. 2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can’t Garden Yet, London: Orion Spring, →ISBN, page 122:
   • But when all’s said and done, it is nothing more than a lot of ketchuppy-tasting diced tomatoes, rather highly seasoned with garlic and chilli, ahem, I mean “specially selected spices”. 2001, New Statesman, volume 130, page 49, column 1:
   • The Soyles have been trying to come up with their own versions, with different spices and flavors, but here’s the thing: people just like their ketchup . . . ketchuppy. 2008, Lauren Mechling, Dream Girl, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 169:
2. (informal) Covered with ketchup.
   • They tease Emmie that their nannies have to pick up the slack, like making the kids the lunchtime chopped ham and ketchuppy hot dogs. 2008, Kirstin Allio, “Clothed, Female Figure”, in Laura Furman, editor, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, Inc., published May 2010, →ISBN, page 49:
   • Then Clive makes a misjudged remark about Faruk’s sister, Deniz, but the ketchuppy sausage-end Faruk flicks in immediate retribution falls short of its grinning target and drops onto Ros’s plate, where it sits among the last of her lettuce leaves. 2014, Ross Gilfillan, Losing It: The Growing Pains of a Teenage Vampire, Winchester: Lodestone Books, John Hunt Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, pages 138–139:
   • He stabbed another forkful of ketchuppy eggs and waved it at me. 2015, Ellie Cahill [pseudonym; Liz Czukas], When Joss Met Matt: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 54:

Forms

Antonyms

ketchupless

Synonyms

ketchupped