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man-meat

man-meat noun: human flesh consumed as meat.

Noun

man-meat (uncountable)

  1. Human flesh consumed as meat.
    • When the rash hunter came to see whether the bait had been touched, the lion sprang on him, preferring fresh man-meat to the bait inside the trap .1903, Frank Charles Bostock, The Training of Wild Animals, page 115
    • I had hoped that she [the lioness] would be so intent on her prey that she'd ignore me, or by some miracle not notice me at all, but the pig had been correct and she was forced to choose between bacon or man-meat.2009, Peter Allison, Don't Look Behind You!: A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos, page 4
  2. (slang) An attractive, sexually enticing man, or a group of such men.
    • Tonya let her eyes return to the man-meat across the room. She tried to remember his name. Something foreign. Andre. No, Vincente. The guy had his own car repair shop. He looked like Ricky Martin.2006, Rose Beecham, Sleep of Reason, unnumbered page
    • Eight floors down, a half-dozen shirtless men were stacking stone around the bases of newly planted trees. Blonds, brunettes, tall, stocky—it was a veritable smorgasbord of bronzed man-meat.2011, Stephanie Bond, Kill the Competition, unnumbered page
  3. (slang, vulgar) A man's penis.
    • Athletic hunk ready to put my manmeat to work on you.1985 January 10, personals ad, Bay Area Reporter, page 30
    • As he moved closer, I could see the outline of his manmeat through his Speedo.1989, First Hand, page 56
    Synonyms:
    penis

Synonyms of man-meat

Forms of man-meat

alternative formmanmeat

Questions about man-meat

What does man-meat mean?
Man-meat means human flesh consumed as meat.
What part of speech is man-meat?
Man-meat is a noun.

Words near man-meat in the dictionary

  1. man-marked
  2. man-marker
  3. man-markers
  4. man-marking
  5. man-marks
  6. man-meat
  7. man-midwife
  8. man-midwives
  9. man-milk
  10. man-minute
  11. man-minutes

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