greasr.html - {n., {slang} 1. A person who greases or works on machinery; a mechanic or worker in a garage or gasoline station. * /Hey, grease monkey, fill up my gas tank!/ * /The grease monkey was all dirty when he came out from under the car./ 2. Airplane mechanic. * /Jack was a grease monkey in the Air Force./

greasr.html - {slang} 1. To pay a person for something done or given, especially dishonestly; bribe. * /Some politicians will help you if you grease their palms./ 2. To give a tip; pay for a special favor or extra help. * /We had to grease the palm of the waiter to get a table in the crowded restaurant./

greasr.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something or act to make something go smoothly or happen in the way that is wanted. * /Mr. Davis asked a friend to grease the wheels so he could borrow money from the bank./ * /William's father tried to grease the wheels for him to get a new job./

greasr.html - {n.}, {slang}, {derogatory} (avoid) An immigrant from a southern country, such as Mexico, Italy, or Spain; a person with oily looking black hair. * /Mr. White is a racist; he calls Mr. Lopez from Tijuana a grease-ball because he has dark hair./

greasr.html - {n.}, {informal} Any small, inexpensive restaurant patronized by workers or people in a hurry; a place not noted for its excellence of cuisine or its decor. * /I won't have time to eat lunch at the club today; I'll just grab a sandwich at the local greasy spoon./

greasr.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant.
2 the melted fat of a dead animal.
3 oily matter in unprocessed wool.

--v.

tr. smear or lubricate with grease.

grease-gun a device for pumping grease under pressure to a particular point. grease the palm of colloq. bribe. like greased lightning colloq. very fast.

greaseless adj. [ME f. AF grece, gresse, OF graisse ult. f. L crassus (adj.) fat]