"meat hook" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-meat hook.wav [US] Forms: meat hooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meat hook (plural meat hooks)
  1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. Translations (two-sided hook for hanging meat): escàrpia [feminine] (Catalan), piton [masculine] (French), gond [masculine] (French), gancio [masculine] (Italian), carnārium [neuter] (Latin), escápula [feminine] (Portuguese), escarpia [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (slang, usually in the plural) One's hands or arms. Tags: plural-normally, slang Synonyms: biscuit hooks
    Sense id: en-meat_hook-en-noun-Zput6as- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45

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Alternative forms

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