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adjective, salt·i·er, salt·i·est. tasting of or containing salt; saline.
piquant; sharp; witty.
racy or coarse: salty humor.
of the sea, sailing, or life at sea: salty tales of adventure on the high seas.
Slang . (especially of a sailor) toughened by experience: proud and salty Marines.
Slang . angry, upset, or hostile, especially due to embarrassment or failure:He gets all salty whenever he loses.
Origin of salty First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; see origin at salt1 , -y1
OTHER WORDS FROM salty salt·i·ly, adverb salt·i·ness, noun o·ver·salt·y, adjective un·salt·y, adjective Words nearby salty saltwater, saltwater taffy, salt well, saltworks, saltwort, salty , salty dog, salubrious, salud, salugi, Saluki
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Example sentences from the Web for salty But what about the screams, the salty puddles, and big empty packages of frozen fish lying on the ground outside the fence?
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The wind blew dry, salty air from the former seabed far to the south and east.
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By the late 1990s the sea level dropped by 16 meters, leaving fishing boats and ships resting on the sandy and salty bottom.
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The buttery, nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.
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The chicken, fried in impeccably fresh peanut oil, is enveloped in a salty skin that peels away in bacon-rich strips.
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Water had to be hauled for miles, and it was muddy and salty , at that.
The Prairie Wife | Arthur Stringer
The fishermen themselves appear less picturesque and salty than they used to do.
A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney Reynolds
Font (F2) states that after having passed a "salty lagoon" (north of Irvington) they crossed five arroyos.
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For a minute Betty looked blank, while Dotty consolingly remarked that the bacon would be salty enough anyhow.
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As soon as she had shed them she was sorry, for it is not very comfortable to cry wet, watery, salty tears in freezing weather.
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British Dictionary definitions for salty adjective saltier or saltiest of, tasting of, or containing salt
(esp of humour) sharp; piquant
relating to life at sea
Derived forms of salty saltily , adverb saltiness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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