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meat hooks

meat hooks is the plural of meat hook.

Meaning of meat hook

Noun

meat hook (plural meat hooks)

  1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs.
  2. (plural-normally, slang) One's hands or arms.
    • Keep your meat hooks off my radio.1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight)
    Synonyms:
    biscuit hooks

Questions about meat hooks

What is meat hooks the plural of?
Meat hooks is the plural of meat hook.

Words near meat hooks in the dictionary

  1. meat glue
  2. meat grinder
  3. meat grinders
  4. meat hand
  5. meat hook
  6. meat hooks
  7. meat house
  8. meat houses
  9. meat in the room
  10. meat injection
  11. meat injections

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