different between greaser vs graser

English

Etymology

grease +? -er. Applied to mechanics because they frequently become greasy during the course of their work. Applied to toughs because they frequently greased their hair, and, like greaseball, to Italians for the same reason. Applied to Mexicans because, at the time the phrase originated, they commonly worked greasing the axles of carts.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?s?(r)

Noun

greaser (plural greasers)

1. Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,” [1]

     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.
2. (slang) A mechanic.
3. (slang) A biker, a tough.
4. (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
5. (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
6. (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
7. (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.

Derived terms

• flange greaser

Translations

See also

• bodgie

Anagrams

• Greears, agreers, regears, rerages

English

Alternative forms

• gaser

Etymology

Acronym of Gamma Ray Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?z.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(?)
• Homophone: grazer

Noun

graser (plural grasers)

1. (physics, science fiction) A device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation in the gamma ray wavelength by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems.
2. The beam of coherent gamma rays produced by such a device.

Coordinate terms

• laser
• LASER
• maser
• MASER

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “graser”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 81

Anagrams

• Grears, Ragers, ragers