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pasty

pasty

7 9.4
Small sticky coverings worn on the nipples by some stage dancers
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪsti/
  • NSFW
translation icon : pezonera
  • Before the show, the performers all checked their pasties to make sure they were in place.
  • pasties and a G-string

She flew too close to the damn sun and her pasties melted right off.

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Examples

  • First, we have to attach the power pasties.

  • Removing the pasties, shimmying again, she leaned in, rubbed against him, and nuzzled his cheek.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • One time, one of my pasties flew off and hit a guy in the eye.

  • I gotta do my set in the Starlight Room, and I'm missing a pasty.

  • Most of the towns, you could not show anything on your breasts unless you had pasties.

  • They had a little box on the side, where they had pasties.

  • The bars displayed pictures of women in G-strings and pasties who were presumably disrobing inside.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I have the pasties ready, and there'll be no charge—and no questions, please.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • During her performance, she wore glittery pasties to conceal her nipples.

  • The dancer had to carefully adjust her pasties before stepping onto the stage.

Compounds

A baked pastry from Cornwall filled with meat and vegetables, folded and pressed on one side

Surface Forms

pasty singular
pasties plural

Morphology

pasty = paste (semi-transparent) = paste + y

The form is related to 'paste' + -y, but the special noun meaning 'adhesive covering' is lexicalized and not fully predictable.

Etymology

Pasties is a helpful name to remember because it links to paste ('sticky substance') — these small covers stick to the skin — and some people also think of small pastries because of their shape. So the word connects the idea of being small, sticky, and covering the skin.