/ˈteɪsti/
OriginFrom taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.
- Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
“You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.”
“Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. […] Lightly sautéing fresh”
“As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season.”
- obsoleteHaving or showing good taste; tasteful.
“These items will make an attractive and tasty display.”
“we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect to run us up an ornamental mud hovel, right against it”
- slangAppealing; 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.”
- UK, informalSkillful; highly competent.
- UK, informalPotentially 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 ”
“No, I wouldn't take a bullet for him, or any of them,I wasn't paid enough to go that far, but I would break up a scrap if it all got a bit tasty and, yeah, it was a great at the bar that night getting”
“These empires of rusting metal have long been portrayed in film, fiction and TV as a haunt of the wide boy, the tasty geezer, and many other variants of ne'er-do-well”
- informalSomething tasty; a delicious article of food.
“The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening.”
“Sean then made up the most delicious pâté to have with biscuits and various other tasties.”
- Philippines, datedA loaf of bread.
Formstastier(comparative) · tastiest(superlative) · tasties(plural)