Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meet-hoo k]
- /ˈmitˌhʊk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meet-hoo k]
- /ˈmitˌhʊk/
Definitions of meathooks word
- noun meathooks Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert. 1
- noun meathooks a hook on which an animal carcass is hung after slaughter. 1
- noun meathooks plural of meathook. 0
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Origin of meathooks
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45 for literal sense
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Parts of speech for Meathooks
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
meathooks popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
meathooks usage trend in Literature
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