meaty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, relating to, or containing meat.

   • In the early years of this century most Americans did not question the meaty, starchy, saladless national diet.
2. 2

   Resembling meat in flavour, smell, etc.

   • This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?
   • "He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."
   • The warm, comforting, meaty smell of khorovadz drifted into the café from a stall on the pavement; the quiet mutters that had till then passed for conversation in the café began to buzz with passion and interest.
3. 3

   Of a person or a body part, large and solid.

   • When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.
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   1. 4

      Substantial.

      • I got a nice, meaty bonus.
      • He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.
      • I’ve always played my class – either working-class characters or ones where it’s not been mentioned – so this was quite scary. It’s also a meaty part. I’ve never had this many lines in a play.

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