noun
- Large hooks used in butcheries and meat-processing facilities to hang and store meat carcasses.
- Slang term for a person's hands or fists, especially when large or used aggressively.
Usage: Usually plural; refers to the physical tools in a commercial or industrial setting.
Usage: informal; slang; often used in a humorous or derogatory way
Examples
- The butcher hung the beef carcass on the meathooks in the cold storage room.
- The meat-processing plant had rows of meathooks suspended from the ceiling.
- He grabbed the rope with his meathooks and pulled hard.
- The boxer's meathooks were his most feared weapons in the ring.
- Keep your meathooks off my sandwich!
- The old diner's kitchen had vintage meathooks still mounted on the wall.