# tasty

Pronunciation: say "TAY-stee" /ˈteɪsti/

## Adjective

1. Pleasing in flavor; enjoyable to eat.
   - Simple: Good to eat because it has a nice flavor.
   - _The chef prepared a tasty three-course meal for the guests._
   - _Fresh herbs make even simple dishes much tastier._
2. Attractive or appealing; of a person, sexually attractive. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Very attractive or appealing, often in a sexual way.
   - _Half the office thought the new intern was pretty tasty._
   - _He pulled up in a seriously tasty sports car._
4. Highly skilled and competent at something. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Very good and skilled at doing something.
   - _Their new midfielder is genuinely tasty on the ball._
   - _He's a tasty mechanic who sorts any engine in minutes._
5. Liable to turn violent; threatening a confrontation. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Looking ready to start a fight or turn violent.
   - _The match turned tasty when rival fans clashed near the gate._
   - _It got pretty tasty in the car park once tempers flared._

## Noun

3. A delicious item of food; a treat. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A bit of food that tastes really good.
   - _The bakery counter was full of little tasties wrapped in wax paper._
   - _She offered each child a tasty from the tray._

## Adjective

6. Showing good taste; tasteful in style or arrangement. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Showing good taste in style or manners.
   - _The hostess received compliments on her tasty arrangement of the parlor._
   - _He prided himself on a tasty choice of waistcoat and cravat._

## Noun

7. A baked loaf of bread. *(dated, Philippines)*
   - Simple: A whole loaf of baked bread.
   - _The errand boy carried a warm tasty wrapped in a cloth._
   - _Each morning the housekeeper collected a tasty and a jug of milk._

## Origin

Formed from "taste" plus the suffix "-y". The Philippine sense comes from a genericized trademark of the now-defunct American Taystee Bread Company.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tasty (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).