meat hook

or meat-hook or meat·hook

[ meet-hoo k ]

/ ˈmitˌhʊk /

noun

Usually meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.

a hook on which an animal carcass is hung after slaughter.

RELATED CONTENT

Can We Call Products “Meat” or “Milk” If They Don’t Come From An Animal?In our age of meatless chicken nuggets, tofu hot dogs, and faux burgers that “bleed,“ what constitutes meat today?

15 Writers On Heartbreak And Sadness Sometimes you're so heartbroken you can't find the words. So we found them for you.

Nearby words

measuringworm, meat, meat and drink to one, meat and potatoes, meat ax, meat hook, meat house, meat loaf, meat packing, meat tea, meat wagon

Origin of meat hook

1835–45 for literal sense

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019