Meanings
nounmeat hook (plural meat hooks)
plural meat hooks
- A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
- plural normallyslangOne's hands or arms.
Keep your meat hooks off my radio.
1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight)Synonyms: biscuit hooks
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne's hands or arms.
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Translations
Catalan escàrpia
- escàrpiatwo-sided hook for hanging meat
French piton, gond
- pitontwo-sided hook for hanging meat
- gondtwo-sided hook for hanging meat
Italian gancio
- ganciotwo-sided hook for hanging meat
Latin carnārium
- carnāriumtwo-sided hook for hanging meat
Portuguese escápula
- escápulatwo-sided hook for hanging meat
Spanish escarpia
- escarpiatwo-sided hook for hanging meat
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