Frompaste +‎-y.

• (UK,US)enPR:pāst'i,IPA^(key):/ˈpeɪsti/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Homophone:pastie
• Rhymes:-eɪsti

pasty (comparativepastier,superlativepastiest)

1. Likepaste,sticky.

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

2. Pale, lackingcolour, having apallor.

   He ispasty-faced.

   (figuratively)He was feelingpasty.

   Are you feeling OK? You look a bitpasty.

3. (slang,offensive,derogatory,ethnicslur)Whiteskinned.
   • 2008, John Lacombe,Winter Games, page184:

     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 somepasty cracker? For all I know, you a cop!"

   • 2010, James W. Lewis,Sellout, page107:

     “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.

• pastey(rare)

• (sickly pale): See alsoThesaurus:pallid

pasty (pluralpasties)

1. (chiefly in theplural)Alternative spelling ofpastie(“a small item ofclothing that conceals little more than thenipple of awoman'sbreast, primarily worn by femaleexotic dancers”).

   Synonyms:nipple pastie,nipple pasty

   • 1989, Joe David Bellamy,Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel‎^[1], Pushcart Press,→ISBN, page29:

     Nonchalantly she bared one succulentpasty-topped breast.

   • 2001, Irene Pence,Buried Memories‎^[2], Kensington Publishing Corporation,→ISBN,page52:

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

   • 2004 February 2, Jake Drake, “Janet Jackson and American Slut Culture”, inrec.music.opera‎^[3] (Usenet):

     There really is no other purpose for wearing apasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency.

   • 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, inThe Treasure of La Malinche‎^[4], volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple,→ISBN,page164:

     "What's apasty?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the termpasty."

FromMiddle Englishpaste, fromAnglo-Normanpaste andOld Frenchpasté.Doublet ofpatty.

• pastie

• (General American,Received Pronunciation)enPR:păstʹi,IPA^(key):/ˈpæsti/
• (General Australian)enPR:pästʹi,IPA^(key):/ˈpɑːsti/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-æsti,-ɑːsti

pasty (pluralpasties)

1. A type of seasoned meat and vegetablehand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

The spellingpasty is preferred in the United Kingdom, but in Australiapastie is more common.

• Cornish pasty
• Karelian pasty
• nasty pasty
• party pasty
• Pastygate
• pasty tax
• windy pasty

• meat pie
• sausage roll
• BBC: Who, What, Why: What exactly is a Cornish pasty?

• Patsy,Tyaps,patsy

• IPA^(key):/ˈpas.tɘ/
• Rhymes:-astɘ
• Syllabification:pas‧ty

pasty f

1. inflection ofpasta:
   1. genitivesingular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural