"tasty" meaning in English

See tasty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈteɪsti/ Audio: en-us-tasty.ogg [US] Forms: tasty [positive], tastier [comparative], tastiest [superlative]
Etymology: taste + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|taste|y}} taste + -y Head templates: {{adj|tasty|tastier|tastiest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is tasty, it has a good flavor and is delicious. Synonyms: delicious, yummy
    Sense id: simple-tasty-en-adj-af5DTK01
  2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
    Sense id: simple-tasty-en-adj-rZq9de4i
  3. Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
    Sense id: simple-tasty-en-adj-VE-PmcCg Categories (other): Slang
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y
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