noun
- a large hook used in a butcher's shop or slaughterhouse to hang and hold meat
- a person's arm or hand, especially when large or muscular
Usage: literal, occupational
Usage: informal; slang
Examples
- The butcher hung the carcass on a meathook in the cold storage room.
- He grabbed the rope with a meathook and pulled himself up.
- The boxer's meathooks were his most powerful weapons in the ring.
- She reached up with her meathook to grab the top shelf.
- The slaughterhouse had rows of meathooks along the ceiling.