greasy

greas·y  (grs, -z)

adj. greas·i·er, greas·i·est

1. Coated or soiled with grease.

2. Containing grease, especially too much grease: a greasy hamburger.

3. Suggestive of grease in slickness or slipperiness: a greasy character.

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greasi·ly adv.

greasi·ness n.

Regional Note: One of our most notable regional distinctions is the "greasy-greazy" line. It is famous among scholars of American dialects for marking a clear division between major dialect regions of the United States. In the North and West, greasy is pronounced with an (s) sound; in the Midlands and South, it is pronounced with a (z). According to the Dictionary of American Regional English, the "greazy" region extends from the deep South to southern parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and all of Missouri, Texas, and New Mexico. The verb grease also follows this pattern, although not the noun grease, which is pronounced with an (s) sound everywhere. A few Southerners also use (z) in blouse. The (z) pronunciation is so stable and so characteristic of Southern dialects that dialect scholars use it to trace the migration of Southern speakers into other dialect areas, such as Colorado, Oregon, and California.

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greasy [ˈgriːzɪ -sɪ]

adj greasier, greasiest

1. coated or soiled with or as if with grease

2. composed of or full of grease

3. resembling grease

4. unctuous or oily in manner

n pl greasies Austral slang

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a shearer

2. (Cookery) an outback cook, esp cooking for a number of men

greasily  adv

greasiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	greasy - containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" oily, sebaceous, oleaginous fatty, fat - containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
	2.	greasy - smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" oily dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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greasy

adjective

1. fatty, slick, slippery, oily, slimy, oleaginous He propped his elbows upon the greasy counter.

2. sycophantic, fawning, grovelling, ingratiating, smooth, slick, oily, unctuous, smarmy (Brit. informal), toadying She called him `a greasy little Tory sycophant'.

Translations

greasy [ˈgriːsɪ]

A. ADJ (greasier (compar) (greasiest (superl)))

1. (= oily) [substance, hands] → grasiento, grasoso(esp LAm); [clothes] → lleno de grasa, mugriento; [hair, skin] → graso, grasoso(esp LAm); [food] → grasiento; [road] → resbaladizo

2. (= ingratiating) [person] → adulón, zalamero

B. CPD greasy spoon N (= café) → figón m

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greasy [ˈgriːsi ˈgriːzi] adj

[hair, skin] → gras(se)
He has greasy hair → Il a les cheveux gras.

[food] → gras(se)
The food was very greasy → La nourriture était très grasse.

[hands, clothes] → graisseux/euse

(British) [road, surface] → glissant(e)
greasy spoon n (= café) → boui-boui m

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greasy

adj (+er)

(= oily) food → fett; hair, skin, complexion → fettig

(= dirty) clothes → schmierig; (= slippery) surface → rutschig, glatt

(pej: = smarmy) → schmierig (pej inf)

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greasy [ˈgriːsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (substance) → grasso/a; (hair) → untuoso/a, grasso/a (Brit) (road, surface) → scivoloso/a; (hands, clothes) → unto/a; (stains) → d'unto

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