greaser
Americannoun
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a person or thing that greases.
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Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Latin American, especially a Mexican.
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Slang. a swaggering young tough, especially a member of a street gang.
noun
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a mechanic, esp of motor vehicles
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a semiskilled engine attendant aboard a merchant ship
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a young long-haired motorcyclist, usually one of a gang
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an unpleasant person, esp one who ingratiates himself with superiors
Etymology
Origin of greaser
Example Sentences
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I’m specifically thinking of a cool Thermos-brand one — featuring Henry Winkler as the show’s pop-phenom greaser, Arthur Fonzarelli, a.k.a.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024
When Sandy's parents enroll her in Rydell High, where Danny attends and is the leader of the greaser gang, the T-birds, the romance has a chance to continue.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022
Grease is about US teenagers in the 1950s, with a summer romance between "good girl Sandy and greaser Danny" becoming complicated when they end up in the same high school.
From BBC • May 10, 2022
Griffith filmed at least eight greaser movies on the East Coast before heading to Southern California in early 1910 for better weather.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2021
As the greaser began to cry, the Captain gave a roar of laughter and threw him aside upon the ground, about all the humanity he had shriveled out of him.
From Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power by Roosevelt, Wyn
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