meat hook

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Definitions of meat hook words

noun meat hook Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert. 1
noun meat hook a hook on which an animal carcass is hung after slaughter. 1
noun meat hook a metal hook on which the carcase of an animal that has been slaughtered for food is hung 0
noun meat hook a two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. 0

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

1835-45 for literal sense

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hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.