Dictionary

meaty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmiːti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English meaty From meat + -y.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or containing meat.
   • In the early years of this century most Americans did not question the meaty, starchy, saladless national diet. 1993, Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, page 26:
2. Resembling meat in flavour, smell, etc.
   • "He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan." 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
   • The warm, comforting, meaty smell of khorovadz drifted into the café from a stall on the pavement; the quiet mutters that had till then passed for conversation in the café began to buzz with passion and interest. 2016, Rask Balavoine, “Ararat”, in John Wilks, editor, ABCtales 2008 Omnibus, page 114:
   • This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?
   • The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk. 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388:
3. Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
   • When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers. 2020 December, Tim Folger, “North America’s most valuable resource is at risk”, in National Geographic Magazine:
   • The whole, long, thick, meaty shaft of it quivered as if eager to dispel my mouth. Odor assailed me, too – my brother, like so many soldiers, not being overly fastidious in matters of personal hygiene. "All right, my little whoreling," he commanded, [...] 2002, Jean Marie Stine, Trans-Sexual - Page 68:
   • There’s nothing worse than having cashed out the college fund so that Mom and Dad and Buddy and Sis can afford airfare to Wally World, only to find out that they are additionally facing bag fees and snack fees, and soon enough, there will likely be a fee to have the 350-pound man sausaged next to Sis in the middle seat keep his meaty elbows out of her ribcage. 2017 December 25, “The Scrapbook: A Surcharge on the Charge, Sir”, in The Weekly Standard, volume 23, number 16, page 2, column 1:
4. Substantial.
   • Alexander-Arnold had a few nice moments on the ball before the interval. He also had a bad one when his loose touch allowed Zivkovic to supply Mitrovic for a meaty drive that flew wide. 2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in The Guardian:
   • He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.
   • I got a nice, meaty bonus.
   • I’ve always played my class – either working-class characters or ones where it’s not been mentioned – so this was quite scary. It’s also a meaty part. I’ve never had this many lines in a play. 2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The Observer:

Forms

Deriveds

meatiness · unmeaty · meatily · nonmeaty

Hypernyms

gustable

Relateds

savoriness · mincemeaty

Synonyms

savory · stocky (of a person or body part) · fleshy (resembling meat in flavour, etc) · brothy · meaty · substantial (substantial) · solid (of a person or body part) · bulky (of a person or body part) · muscular (of a person or body part) · chunky (of a person or body part)

Translations (29)

kum этли (of, relating to, or containing meat) · bg от месо́ (of, relating to, or containing meat) · sh ме́снӣ (of, relating to, or containing meat) · de fleischig (of, relating to, or containing meat) · fr de viande (of, relating to, or containing meat) · cs masný (of, relating to, or containing meat) · la carnālis (of, relating to, or containing meat) · sk mäsitý (of, relating to, or containing meat) · sh mésnī (of, relating to, or containing meat) · de fleischartig (of, relating to, or containing meat) · es cárnico (of, relating to, or containing meat) · bg ме́сен (of, relating to, or containing meat) · mk ме́сен (of, relating to, or containing meat) · izh lihakas (of, relating to, or containing meat) · pl mięsny (of, relating to, or containing meat) · uk м'ясни́й (of, relating to, or containing meat) · es carnoso (of, relating to, or containing meat) · ar لَحْمِيّ (of, relating to, or containing meat) · fi lihaisa (of, relating to, or containing meat) · es carnudo (of, relating to, or containing meat) · vo mitik (of, relating to, or containing meat) · cs masitý (of, relating to, or containing meat) · de Fleisch- (of, relating to, or containing meat) · ru мясно́й (of, relating to, or containing meat) · fi lihainen (of, relating to, or containing meat) · be мясны́ (of, relating to, or containing meat) · yi פֿליישיק (of, relating to, or containing meat) · hu húsos (of, relating to, or containing meat) · sl mesen (of, relating to, or containing meat)