dark meat

noun

1. meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (white meat ).

2. Slang: Vulgar.,  a Black person, considered as a sexual partner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dark meat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey.

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If dark meat is your preference, turkey thighs and drumsticks are an option.

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About 40 minutes later, the dark meat is reliably juicy, the vegetables golden and bathed in rendered chicken fat, and both take about the same amount of time.

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Order breast meat, and find it uniformly, almost uncannily tender; the dark meat is a study in succulence, with richness provided by more variation in texture.

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Longtime judge Tom Colicchio asked his group to roast a whole chicken and compose a dish with both white and dark meat.

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