Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meat market

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: meat -mar-ket
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A market where meat is sold.

noun

A place where one goes to find a date or a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.

Colloquial

noun

A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"The rumors about Carnival 7NC’s are legion, one such rumor being that their Cruises are kind of like floating meat-market bars and that their ships bob with a conspicuous carnal squeakatasqueakata at night."

Etymology

The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations".

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

meat markets (plural)

Phrases

off the market on the market piece of meat

Frequently Paired Words

off the market on the market piece of meat fleshpot

Synonyms

meet market butcher shop

Questions

What does meat market mean?: A market where meat is sold.
Where does meat market come from?: The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations".

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