Pasty

/ˈpeɪsti/ · adjective

Meaning

Like paste, sticky..

Definitions by Sense

1. Like paste, sticky.
2. Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
3. (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) Whiteskinned.
4. A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).

Example Sentences

These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.

He is pasty-faced.

(figuratively) He was feeling pasty.

Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.

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!"

“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.

Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast.

One of the experienced dancers dabbed a bit of rubber cement inside a silver-sequinned pasty and told Betty to place it over her nipple

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Word Forms

• pastier
• pastiest
• pastey
• pasties
• pastie

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