Greasy

/ˈɡɹi.si/ · adjective

Meaning

Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
2. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
3. Oily in manner; obsequious.
4. (slang) Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
5. (obsolete) Fat, bulky.
6. (obsolete) Gross; indelicate; indecent.
7. (of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.
8. (Australia, countable) An annoyed or contemptuous look; a dirty look.

Example Sentences

a greasy mineral

[…] mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall Uplift us to the view […]

it was in the garage that Alec worked, […] doing mysterious greasy things. Grease blackened his hairy legs; grease had turned his white canvas shoes black; grease blackened his hands even beyond the wrist; grease made his short working trousers black and stiff. Yet he had the gift, which Mr Biswas admired, of being able to hold a cigarette between greasy fingers and greasy lips without staining it.

c. 1795, Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Taylor’s Family Companion: or The Whole Art of Cookery Display’d, London: W. Lane, “To fry flat Fish,” p. 37, Before you dish them up, lay them upon a drainer before the fire sloping, for two or three minutes, which will prevent their eating greasy.

With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop.

Nigel and Richard Bertinet go for butter. Jamie and Nigella both opt for olive oil, and Garten uses a mixture, spreading the bread generously with butter, then topping it with garlic and herbs in olive oil. Oil, to my taste, simply makes the bread seem greasy: it's great for dipping, but it doesn't seem to soak into the bread in the same way as butter – I've probably just got hopelessly rich Anglo-Saxon tastes, but for me, it's butter all the way.

He does not impress me favourably. He is glib, ingratiating, and distinctly 'greasy.' He has a ready answer for everything almost before the question is out of your mouth.

Julian: We're gonna fill the trailers up with furniture all right, boys, but we're gonna rent them out by the hour. Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy.

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• greasier
• greasiest
• greasey
• greasies

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