meaty

English

Etymology

From meat +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːti

Adjective

meaty (comparative meatier, superlative meatiest)

1. Of, relating to, or containing meat.
2. Resembling meat in flavour, etc.

   This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?

   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:

     "He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."

3. Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
4. Substantial.

   I got a nice, meaty bonus.

   He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.

   • 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^[1]:

     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.

   • 2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     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.

Synonyms

• (of, relating to, or containing meat):
• (resembling meat in flavour, etc): fleshy
• (of a person or body part): bulky, chunky, muscular, solid, stocky
• (substantial): substantial

Related terms

• mincemeaty

Translations

of, relating to, or containing meat

• Arabic: لَحْمِيّ (laḥmiyy)
• Belarusian: мясны́ (mjasný)
• Bulgarian: ме́сен (bg) (mésen), от месо́ (ot mesó)
• Czech: masitý (cs), masný
• French: de viande
• German: fleischig (de), fleischartig, Fleisch- (de)
• Hungarian: húsos (hu)
• Ingrian: lihakas
• Kumyk: этли (etli)
• Macedonian: ме́сен (mésen)
• Polish: mięsny (pl)
• Russian: мясно́й (ru) (mjasnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ме́снӣ

  Roman: mésnī (sh)

• Slovak: mäsitý
• Slovene: mesen (sl)
• Spanish: cárnico (es), carnoso (es), carnudo
• Ukrainian: м'ясни́й (mʺjasnýj)
• Volapük: mitik (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿליישיק (fleyshik)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: [1], [2] ^{(please verify)} masový (cs); [4] ^{(please verify)} pořádný (cs), figurative ^{(please verify)} výživný

Anagrams

• etyma, matey