Phrase guide
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noun
An experienced sailor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Navy, US
Qualifier: Marines
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: old salt, sea dog
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A sexually promiscuous man; a male sexual partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: benedick, cad, drabber, fuck boy, fuck-boy, fuckboy, gallant, goat, he-bitch, himbo, homme fatal, horndog, loverboy, loverman, man ho, man whore, man-whore, manslut, manwhore, muttonmonger, philanderer, pimp, playboy, player, rakehell, rake, rip, rolling stone, rover, salty dog, satyriasist, satyromaniac, satyr, shag bandit, sleaze, smell-smock, striker, stringer, stud, swordsman, tart, tomcat, whoremonger, bedfellow, bedmate, fuck, hookup, lover, paramour, mate, root, sex partner, sexual partner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A cocktail consisting of gin or vodka, grapefruit juice, and a salt rim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the salt of the sea. Compare old salt and seadog. Sexual sense may be due to association of sailors with sexual promiscuity, or may be separate development, salty (“spicy”) and dog both suggesting promiscuity.
From being a greyhound (“gin and grapefruit juice cocktail”), plus salt, influenced by existing term.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
