What does salty mean?

Definitions for salty
ˈsɔl tisalty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. piquant, saltyadjective

    engagingly stimulating or provocative

    "a piquant wit"; "salty language"

  2. saltyadjective

    containing or filled with salt

    "salt water"

  3. saltyadjective

    one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

GCIDE

  1. Saltyadjective

    Interesting and witty; piquant; -- of discourse.

  2. Saltyadjective

    Racy; sexually suggestive; -- of discourse.

Wiktionary

  1. saltyadjective

    Tasting of salt.

  2. saltyadjective

    Containing salt.

  3. saltyadjective

    Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.

  4. saltyadjective

    Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).

  5. saltyadjective

    Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.

  6. saltyadjective

    Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin instead of the Latin .

ChatGPT

  1. salty

    Salty generally refers to the taste that is one of the basic senses and is often associated with food that contains high levels of salt. It is also used metaphorically in slang to describe a person who is agitated, upset, or bitter, usually due to insult or injury to their pride.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Saltyadjective

    somewhat salt; saltish

Wikidata

  1. Salty

    Salty is the second album by The Mutton Birds. "Anchor Me" reached the top 10 in the New Zealand singles chart.

Anagrams for salty »

  1. slaty

  2. lasty

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salty in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of salty in a Sentence

  1. Nick Korniloff:

    They know the waters. They've been through rough water, they've been through thin water. ... Those are salty dog kids, and they know what they're doing out there.

  2. Jessica Bellworthy:

    The Red Sea was isolated, and became so hot and salty that most life died out.

  3. David McLain:

    The blue zone eating pattern is 98% plant-based foods — whole food-based and high carbohydrate. But only complex carbs, not the simple carbs like salty snacks and candy bars and soda pop, you say carbohydrates and people are horrified, but the healthiest foods in our food system are complex carbohydrates.

  4. Joe Cassinelli:

    We're salty New Englanders, you have to keep fighting.

  5. Katherine Zeratsky:

    It gives that same salty taste without being buried in the food.

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