tasty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   pleasing to the sense of taste

   a tasty morsel

2. 2
   adj

   Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.

   You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.

3. 3
   adj

   Having or showing good taste; tasteful.

   These items will make an attractive and tasty display.

4. 4
   adj

   Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.

   Country fans probably remember Stu best for a tasty tune he wrote and recorded but didn't want released.

5. 5
   adj

   Potentially violent.

   I watched it all unfold live on Sky News. Ed Miliband was there, but so were the usual bunch of troublemakers and I, for one, was expecting it to kick off.¶ Sure enough, it all got a bit tasty in the afternoon at about the time I should have been polishing off my tinned tuna. Only there was no one about to dish out my grub.¶ They were all glued to the telly watching a gang of blokes wearing balaclavas smash the windows of a Porsche showroom in Park Lane.

6. 6
   noun

   Something tasty; a delicious article of food.

   The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening.

7. 7
   adj

   Skillful; highly competent.

8. 8
   noun

   A loaf of bread.

Etymology

From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.