Meaning

2 senses
  1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.

    a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung

  2. (usually plural, slang)One's hands or arms.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'd hang the people who did this to me on a meat hook.

    ruЯ бы на крюк мясника подвесил тех, кто мне это устроил. — Maksimo

    deIch würde die Leute, die das mit mir gemacht haben, an einen Fleischerhaken hängen. — Manfredo

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  2. The eagle's talons were exposed like huge meat hooks.

Translations

4 languages

Forms

plural: meat hooks
Singularmeat hook
Pluralmeat hooks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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