dictionary definitions for "salty"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  salty
      adj 1: engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit";
             "salty language" [syn: piquant]
      2: containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears" [syn:
         saline]
      3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of
         sea water [syn: salt]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salty \Salt"y\ (s[add]lt"[y^]), a.
     1. Containing salt; tasting of salt; saltish; as, the salty
        sea; the potatoes are too salty.
        [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     2. Interesting and witty; piquant; -- of discourse.
        [PJC]
  
     3. Racy; sexually suggestive; -- of discourse.
        [PJC]


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