Salty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salty \Salt"y\ (s[add]lt"[y^]), a.
     1. Containing salt; tasting of salt; saltish; as, the salty
        sea; the potatoes are too salty.
        [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     2. Interesting and witty; piquant; -- of discourse.


        [PJC]
  
     3. Racy; sexually suggestive; -- of discourse.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "salty":
     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