greasy

  • 61greasy kid's stuff — heavy hair dressing, thick hair oil    None of that greasy kid s stuff on my hair. I use a natural product …

    English idioms

  • 62greasy spoon — a small, cheap eating place with basic but not so good food We had to go to a greasy spoon for breakfast as all the other restaurants were closed …

    Idioms and examples

  • 63greasy pole climb — noun a game in which contestants attempt to move up or along a greasy pole, the winner being the person who makes the most progress …

  • 64greasy spoon —  A small, cheap restaurant.  ► “Today’s diners must overcome an image, often incorrect, of a greasy spoon.” (Nation’s Restaurant News, Jan. 16, 1995, p. 7) …

    American business jargon

  • 65greasy — adjective a) Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. b) detestable, unethical …

    Wiktionary

  • 66greasy — Synonyms and related words: adipose, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory, fat, fatty, fawning, glib, greased, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricated, lubricious, mucoid, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic, rich, sebaceous, sleek,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 67Greasy — 1. one who, in a camp, attends to the chores of cooking, cleaning, etc.; 2. shearer; 3. (racist) Greek, Italian or other Mediterranean person; 5. disdainful or disapproving look; 6. cop, policeman …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 68greasy — Australian Slang 1. one who, in a camp, attends to the chores of cooking, cleaning, etc.; 2. shearer; 3. (racist) Greek, Italian or other Mediterranean person; 5. disdainful or disapproving look; 6. cop, policeman …

    English dialects glossary

  • 69greasy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. creamy, fat, oleaginous, fatty; see oily 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. oily, fatty, buttery, lardy, oleaginous, slick, slippery, waxy, unctuous, smeared. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having the qualities… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 70greasy — greas·y || grɪːsɪ adj. covered with grease; resembling grease; oily, fatty; slippery, slick …

    English contemporary dictionary