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meat

  [meet]
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–noun
1. the flesh of animals as used for food.
2. the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.
3. the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The meat of the play is the jealousy between the two brothers.
4. solid food: meat and drink.
5. solid or substantial content; pith: The article was full of meat, with few wasted words.
6. a favorite occupation, activity, etc.: Chess is his meat.
7. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pork, esp. bacon.
8. Slang: Vulgar. penis.
9. Archaic. the principal meal: to say grace before meat.
—Idiom
10. piece of meat, Slang.
a. a person regarded merely as a sex object.
b. a person, as a prizefighter or laborer, regarded merely as a strong or useful physical specimen.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE mete food, c. OHG maz, ON matr, Goth mats

Related forms:
meatless, adjective
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meat   (mēt)   
n.  

  1. The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.

  2. The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.

  3. The essence, substance, or gist: the meat of the editorial.

  4. Slang Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte: Tennis is his meat.

  5. Nourishment; food: "Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink" (Edna St. Vincent Millay).

  6. Vulgar Slang

    1. The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire.

    2. The genitals.


[Middle English mete, from Old English, food.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
meat

  1. n.
    the penis. : He held his hands over his meat and ran for the bedroom.
  2. n.
    the genitals of either sex; the sexual parts of either sex. : I don't want to see your meat! What kind of creep do you think I am?
  3. n.
    a person of either sex considered sexually. : If she doesn't manage to wrap her legs around that big hunk of meat within the next twenty minutes, I'd lose my bet.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

meat 
O.E. mete "food, item of food" (contrasted with drink), from P.Gmc. *matiz (cf. O.Fris. mete, O.N. matr, Goth. mats "food," M.Du., Du. metworst, Ger. Mettwurst "type of sausage"), from PIE *mat-/*met- "measure" (see meter (2)). Narrower sense of "flesh used as food" is first attested c.1300.; figurative sense of "essential part" is from 1901. Dark meat, white meat supposedly popularized by Victorians as euphemisms for leg and breast. First record of meat loaf is from 1932. Meathead "stupid person" is from 1945; meat market "place where one looks for sex partners" is from 1896 (meat in various sexual senses of "penis, vagina, body regarded as a sex object, prostitute" are attested from 1595); meat wagon "ambulance" is from 1925, Amer.Eng. slang. Meaty "full of substance" is from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

meat

In addition to the idioms beginning with meat, also see beat the meat; one's man's meat is another man's poison.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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