salty

Definitions

1. Tasting of salt.
2. Containing salt.
3. salted
4. Coarse; provocative; earthy.
   figuratively
5. brackish
6. Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
   figuratively
7. nice, pleasant, likable
8. Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter.
   slang
9. unlucky (of a person)
10. Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).

Equivalents

54 more languages

العربيةمالحملحمِلْحِيّمليح+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliduzlu

Българскисолен

Bosanskimašinarudesalašalesalešalinslansosслан+ 6 more

Catalàodiarsalat

ČeštinaSlaný

Cymraeghallt

Ελληνικάαλατένιοςαλατερόςαλάτινοςαλατισμένοςαλατούχοςαλατώδηςαλμυρόςπνευματώδης+ 5 more

Esperantosala

Eestisoolane

Euskaragazi

فارسیشورنمکین

Suomirasvainensuolainen

Gàidhligsaillte

GalegoSalgado

עבריתמלוח

हिन्दीक्षारीयनमकीनसलोना

Hrvatskimašinarudesalašalesalešalinslansosслан+ 6 more

Magyarsós

Հայերենաղի

Bahasa Indonesiaasinmasinsalin

Íslenskasaltur

Italianoarrabbiatosalatosalso

日本語塩っぱい塩辛い辛い鹹+ 1 more

ქართულიმარილიანი

ភាសាខ្មែរប្រៃ

한국어짜다

Kurdîasinbravoderbgazîmanmaşînsalesaltşoş+ 6 more

Кыргызчатуздуу

Latinairatussalsus

ລາວເຄັມ

Latviešusālssāļš

Malagasymasina

Македонскисолен

Монголдавстай

मराठीखारटखारे

Bahasa Melayuasinmasin

မြန်မာငန်း

Nederlandszout

Polskisłonosłony

Portuguêsbravosalgadosalobro

Românăsărat

Русскийбывалыйсоленыйсоляной

Slovenčinaslaný

Slovenščinaslan

Shqipi kripur

Српскиmašinarudesalasalešalešalinslansosслан+ 6 more

Svenskasalt

ไทยเค็ม

Tagalogmaalatmaasin

Türkçetuzlu

Українськасоленийсолоний

اردونمکین

Tiếng Việtman

Examples

“A few types of molecules get⟳ sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get⟳ received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set⟳ off their own⟳ neural cascades.”

“At Zipaquirá, the salty ore is taken from the mine in chunks, then thrown into large tanks of water, where the salt is dissolved out. The resulting brine is drawn off into pipelines, containers, or tank trucks and sold […]”

“My job was to couple the dumpers, full or empty, then uncouple them at the main shaft, and to open⟳ and close⟳ the weather door on the trip⟳ to the roof galleries, where the salty ore was dynamited and broken down.”

“In the following piece she has some characteristically salty things to say⟳ about what happens when law and medicine meet⟳.”

“(In characteristically salty fashion, Sara admits: “I was no doubt⟳ a horrible little bitch" at this age.)”

“The court might have⟳ been tempted to construe the First Amendment as too momentous — too consequential — to vindicate a disappointed teenager’s salty outburst after being cut⟳ from the varsity cheer⟳ squad.”

“Sometimes hosts are a little saltier when the cameras aren’t rolling, but I don’t recall⟳ ever hearing any daylight between the views they express⟳ on-air and off.”

“There's a sailor's tavern at the end⟳ of the street where I could find⟳ companionship if I chose (one catches salty boys going in and out at any hour) but only music matters to me now.”

“Plus bits of business involving a salty Russian seafarer and overflying warplanes.”

“Ray and Fuzzy were salty with our unhip no-playing piano player, because she broke time on the piano so bad that the strings yelled whoa to the hammers.”

“I want⟳ to beg⟳ your pardon for making you salty that night.”

“Misery can make⟳ you blame⟳ everybody else for your salty attitude. You think⟳ people just don't get⟳ where you're coming from. How can so many people be so stupid, you think⟳. Well, your misery is very likely self-inflicted.”

“"I regret⟳ being salty and bitchy towards you most of the time. Yesterday's offence is unforgivable, but can you forgive⟳ me for the day-to-day bickering in the past?” “Would you even care? Especially if you had not been caught outright[…]"”

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