AskDefine | Define salty

Dictionary Definition

salty adj
1 engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language" [syn: piquant]
2 containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears" [syn: saline]
3 one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water [syn: salt] [also: saltiest, saltier]

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English

Adjective

  1. Tasting of salt.
  2. Containing salt.
  3. Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
  4. Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services.

Translations

tasting of salt

Extensive Definition

Salty may refer to the following:

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

Attic, biting, blue, brackish, brilliant, briny, broad, clever, droll, facetious, funny, humorous, humorsome, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, marine, maritime, mordacious, mordant, nautical, naval, navigational, nimble-witted, ocean-going, oceanic, off-color, pelagic, pickled, pointed, pungent, purple, quick-witted, racy, rapier-like, risky, risque, saline, salt, salted, saltish, scabrous, scathing, scintillating, seafaring, seamanlike, seamanly, shady, sharp, smart, sparkling, spicy, sprightly, suggestive, trenchant, water-borne, whimsical, wicked, witty
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