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Webster 1913 Edition
Greaser
Greas′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.
Definition 2024
greaser
greaser
English
Noun
greaser (plural greasers)
- Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,”
- The pole was greased and men tried to walk out to the end of it and dislodge the crate. The pole was supple, the crate swayed as each man crept out clinging desperately and finally fell off into the sea. […] People roared with laughter and greasers applied fresh grease for the next person's try.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,”
- (slang) A mechanic.
- (slang) A biker, a tough.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.