Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, containing, or seasoned with salt.
- adjective Suggestive of the sea or sailing life.
- adjective Witty; pungent; earthy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat salt; saltish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat salt; saltish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tasting of
salt . - adjective Containing
salt . - adjective figuratively Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
- adjective figuratively Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services;
salty dog (from salt of the sea). - adjective US slang
Irritated ,annoyed ; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt. - adjective linguistics Pertaining to those dialects of
Catalan , spoken in theBalearic Islands and along the coast ofCatalonia , that use definitive articles descended from the Latinipse ("self") instead of the Latinille ("that").
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective containing or filled with salt
- adjective engagingly stimulating or provocative
- adjective one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
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Examples
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Those I-10 snake fritters are too gamey and are likely too salty from the tears shed on them from passing PETA fanatics.
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Those I-10 snake fritters are too gamey and are likely too salty from the tears shed on them from passing PETA fanatics.
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Well, if the meat is fresh, I'd suggest putting it to soak in salty water in the fridge for a day or two.
"A friend gave me some pheasant breasts and pieces of chucker (I think?) 2009
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Cornell Chicken is often served with Syracuse Salt Potatoes, small white local potatoes boiled in salty water.
Meathead Goldwyn: Crispy Cornell Chicken: An Upstate New York Classic Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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They will keep for quite a while in salty water if it's kept cold and covered.
"A friend gave me some pheasant breasts and pieces of chucker (I think?) 2009
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Well, if the meat is fresh, I'd suggest putting it to soak in salty water in the fridge for a day or two.
"A friend gave me some pheasant breasts and pieces of chucker (I think?) 2009
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Otherwise will have to resort to some sort of Elly May Clampett outfit which will confuse everyone, none more so than me. i.e. something with expandable midriff to factor in salty oily nibbly things at Lock n Load.
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Cornell Chicken is often served with Syracuse Salt Potatoes, small white local potatoes boiled in salty water.
Meathead Goldwyn: Crispy Cornell Chicken: An Upstate New York Classic Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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I got for the ham and cheese buns, the dragon roll (glutinous rice dumpling with red bean paste) and the pork dumping (its in salty, oily glutinous rice package).
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They will keep for quite a while in salty water if it's kept cold and covered.
"A friend gave me some pheasant breasts and pieces of chucker (I think?) 2009
chained_bear commented on the word salty
Dad-speak for "expensive."
October 12, 2007