meat hook

American  

[meet-hook] / ˈmitˌhʊk /

Or meat-hook or meathook

noun

1. Slang. Usually meat hooks a hand or fist.

   Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.

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

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Etymology

Origin of meat hook

1835–45 for literal sense

Example Sentences

That same day, Escobar left the Tyson plant for the last time after 18 years, she said, cheered by teary colleagues who banged meat hooks on metal tables in appreciation.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the dish I think about most is the espetada, the skewer of piri-piri chicken dangling from its own meat hook.

From Washington Post

NFL.com‘s analysis of Thomas describes him as having “meat hooks for hands,” but somehow that hasn’t stopped his ascent on the ivories.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Kostianovsky’s sculpture “Alchemy,” which hangs there on a meat hook, is a large animal carcass made from vibrant pieces of recycled garments attached to a wire armature.

From New York Times

Nearly 45 years after his vanishing act, Hoffa’s infamous fade to black still enthralls, digging its meat hooks into our collective, true-crime-loving psyche.

From New York Times