1. Large hooks used in butcheries and meat-processing facilities to hang and store meat carcasses.
Usage: Usually plural; refers to the physical tools in a commercial or industrial setting.
2. Slang term for a person's hands or fists, especially when large or used aggressively.
Usage: informal; slang; often used in a humorous or derogatory way

Examples

• The butcher hung the beef carcass on the meathooks in the cold storage room.
• The meat-processing plant had rows of meathooks suspended from the ceiling.
• He grabbed the rope with his meathooks and pulled hard.
• The boxer's meathooks were his most feared weapons in the ring.
• Keep your meathooks off my sandwich!
• The old diner's kitchen had vintage meathooks still mounted on the wall.