Definition of SALTINE

saltine

Plural: saltines

Noun

  • A thin, crisp, square cracker, typically salted.
  • a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking
  • A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.
  • A euphemism for cracker ("white person").

Examples

  • She crumbled the competition, leaving them feeling like a dry saltine.

Origin / Etymology

Originally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt + -ine.

Scrabble Score: 7

saltine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
saltine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
saltine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

saltine: valid Words With Friends Word