Meanings
salty dog1
salty dog2
plural salty dogs
- A cocktail consisting of gin or vodka, grapefruit juice, and a salt rim.
But I felt frustrated after all that running around in traffic. What I had to show for it: a well-grilled salmon steak, a salty dog mixed stronger than riot punch, and a plane trip that never happened.
2025 March 25, Sam Wiebe, The Last Exile: A Wakeland Novel, Harbour Publishing, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sexually promiscuous man; a male sexual partner.
Origin
salty dog · noun
From the salt of the sea. Compare old salt and seadog. Sexual sense may be due to association of sailors with sexual promiscuity, or may be separate development, salty (“spicy”) and dog both suggesting promiscuity.
Full word history & related roots →salty dog · noun
From being a greyhound (“gin and grapefruit juice cocktail”), plus salt, influenced by existing term.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish pukki
- pukkipromiscuous man
French chaud lapin
- chaud lapinpromiscuous man
Polish dziwkarz
- dziwkarzpromiscuous man
Cite this entry
salty dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salty%20dog
“salty dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salty%20dog. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salty dog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salty%20dog.
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