pasty
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK, US) enPR: pāst'i, IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: pastie
- Rhymes: -eɪsti
Adjective
[edit]pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest)
- Like paste, sticky.
- These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
- Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
- He is pasty-faced.
- (figuratively) He was feeling pasty.
- Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
- (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) Whiteskinned.
- 2008, John Lacombe, Winter Games, page 184:
- He smoothed his tailored suit and red tie. "Boy, does it look like I ain't rich now? My pockets are already full of paper! Why the fuck would I want to risk doing business with some pasty cracker? For all I know, you a cop!"
- 2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:
- “So, snow bunny, what should black women do? How do we...oh, how do I say this... cure our brothas of this widespread, pasty disease?” I didn't reply. Again, I tried to step away. Again, she grabbed my arm.
Synonyms
[edit]- (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
Translations
[edit]like paste, sticky
pale, lacking colour
Noun
[edit]pasty (plural pasties)
- (chiefly in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.
- Synonyms: nipple pastie, nipple pasty
- 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche[4], volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, →ISBN, page 164:
- "What's a pasty?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term pasty."
Translations
[edit]a covering for the nipple
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Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: păstʹi, IPA(key): /ˈpæsti/
- (General Australian) enPR: pästʹi, IPA(key): /ˈpɑːsti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æsti, -ɑːsti
Noun
[edit]pasty (plural pasties)
- A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Usage notes
[edit]The spelling pasty is preferred in the United Kingdom, but in Australia pastie is more common.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
See also
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pasty f
- inflection of pasta:
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