meat hook
or meat-hook or meat·hook
[ meet-hoo k ]
/ ˈmitˌhʊk /
noun
Usually meat hooks. Slang.
a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
a hook on which an animal carcass is hung after slaughter.
Origin of meat hook
1835–45 for literal sense
Words nearby meat hook
measuringworm,
meat,
meat and drink to one,
meat and potatoes,
meat ax,
meat hook,
meat house,
meat loaf,
meat packing,
meat tea,
meat wagon