meaty

adj

1. Of, relating to, or containing meat.

   “In the early years of this century most Americans did not question the meaty, starchy, saladless national diet.”

2. Resembling meat in flavour, smell, etc.

   “This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?”

   “"He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."”

   “The warm, comforting, meaty smell of khorovadz drifted into the café from a stall on the pavement; the quiet mutters that had till then passed for conversation in the café began to buzz with passion and interest.”

   “The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk.”

3. Of a person or a body part, large and solid.

   “The whole, long, thick, meaty shaft of it quivered as if eager to dispel my mouth. Odor assailed me, too – my brother, like so many soldiers, not being overly fastidious in matters of personal hygiene. "All right, my little whoreling," he commanded, [...]”

   “There’s nothing worse than having cashed out the college fund so that Mom and Dad and Buddy and Sis can afford airfare to Wally World, only to find out that they are additionally facing bag fees and snack fees, and soon enough, there will likely be a fee to have the 350-pound man sausaged next to Sis in the middle seat keep his meaty elbows out of her ribcage.”

   “When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.”

4. Substantial.

   “I got a nice, meaty bonus.”

   “He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.”

   “I’ve always played my class – either working-class characters or ones where it’s not been mentioned – so this was quite scary. It’s also a meaty part. I’ve never had this many lines in a play.”

   “Alexander-Arnold had a few nice moments on the ball before the interval. He also had a bad one when his loose touch allowed Zivkovic to supply Mitrovic for a meaty drive that flew wide.”