greaser
IPA: grˈisɝ
noun
- Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
- (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.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
- (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.
- A surname from German.
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Examples of "greaser" in Sentences
- Marcus would have killed him; had thrown his knife at him in the true, uncanny "greaser" style.
- With his early "greaser" style, Elvis fit the bill, and Phillips recorded him on his now-iconic Sun label.
- Every little "greaser" on the ranch adored the Señorita, and she was godmother to half the babies born on the place.
- I don't feel the need to only associate with other 'greaser', 'psycho', or 'punk rock' types, and there's a reason for that.
- 'The Denim Gang' in Sportswear International #227 is an editorial shot by Ryan Kelly and styled by John Tan that recalls the greaser culture of the 1950s.
- For that reason a number of their "greaser" assistants were taken to the car before noon and the hydrogen cask was loaded on the small wagon and carefully freighted to the corral.
- I told him to bluff and threaten; Cardigan, I knew, would realize the grudge the Black Minorca has against him, and for that reason I figured the greaser was the only man who could bluff him.
- A few years later, when I was at a dance at a local YMCA and some guys started hassling me, one of the former committee members, a so-called greaser, intervened, telling the others to leave me alone because I was “okay.”
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