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   greasy

   /ˈɡriːsi/

   adjective

   • 1. covered with, resembling, or produced by grease or oil: "he wiped his greasy fingers" Similar oilyshinyglossyOpposite dry
   • ▪ producing excessive body oil: "greasy skin" Similar oilyshinyglossyOpposite dry
   • ▪ containing or cooked with too much oil or fat: "greasy food" Similar fattyoilyfatswimming in oil/fatbutteryoleaginoustechnical:adiposesebaceouspinguidunctuousOpposite leancrisp
   • ▪ slippery: "the rain's making the roads greasy" Similar slipperyslickslimyslitheryoilyglassysmoothinformal:slippyskiddyOpposite dry
   • 2. (of a person or their manner) unpleasantly or insincerely polite or ingratiating: "the greasy little man from the newspaper" Similar ingratiatingfawninggrovellingsycophantictoadyingobsequiouscringingflatteringeffusivegushinggushyabjecttrucklingself-effacingUriah Heepishunctuousoilysmooth-tonguedsmoothglibsuaveslickreptilianinformal:slimysmarmybootlickingall over someonesoapysucky

   Derivatives

   • 1. greasily adverb
   • 2. greasiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   What does greasy mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! GREASY meaning: 1. covered with or full of fat or oil: 2. covered with or full of fat or oil: 3. covered with or…. Learn more.

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   What is the meaning of Grease?

   • 1. smeared, covered, or soiled with grease. 2. composed of or containing grease; oily: greasy food. 3. greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery. 4. insinuatingly unctuous in manner; repulsively slick; oily. greas′i•ness, n.

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   What is greasey?

   • One who greases, such as a worker who greases working parts in a machine. Slang A tough young man, especially one from a white working-class background who is much involved with motorcycles or cars. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Latin, especially Latin American or Italian, descent.

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   How is greasy pronounced?

   • It is famous among scholars of American dialects for marking a clear division between major dialect regions of the United States. In the North and West, greasy is pronounced with an (s) sound; in the Midland dialect region and the South, it is pronounced with a (z).

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   Greasy means covered with or full of fat or oil. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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     adjective. us / ˈɡri·si, -zi / Add to word list. covered...

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     GREASY translate: graso, grasoso, grasiento, graso/sa...

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     greasy translate: gras/grasse, graisseux, graisseux,...

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   Greasy means covered with or full of fat or oil. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from various sources.

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   Learn the meaning of greasy as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Greasy can mean smeared or soiled with grease, oily, slippery, or containing an unusual amount of grease.

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   Greasy definition: smeared, covered, or soiled with grease. . See examples of GREASY used in a sentence.

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   Greasy means covered or containing grease, or resembling grease in appearance or manner. Learn how to use greasy in a sentence, and find out its synonyms, pronunciation, and usage in British and American English.

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   Greasy means covered in oil or fat, or producing too much natural oil. It can also be used informally to describe someone or something that is not sincere or friendly.

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   Greasy means coated or soiled with grease, or containing too much grease. It can also mean slippery, oily, or unctuous in manner. Learn how to pronounce greasy in different regions and dialects of the US and UK.