Greaseball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Greaseball is a noun meaning (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
Meaning
(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
More Meanings
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
- (slang) A mechanic.
- (slang) A biker, a tough.
- (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
Example Sentences
Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? […] I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all the same.
Word Forms
- greaseballs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dago, wop, guinea, greasehead, greaser, greasebomb.
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