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greater
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???e?t?(?)/
- (US, Canada) enPR: gr?t'?(?), IPA(key): [???e???]
- Rhymes: -e?t?(?)
- Homophone: grater
Adjective
greater
- comparative form of great: more great
- greater yellowlegs
- Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area pertaining to it; (of a city) metropolitan.
- Greater China includes many areas north of the Great Wall.
- Greater New York includes nearby parts of three states as well as the City itself.
Derived terms
Related terms
- great
- greatest
Translations
Anagrams
- Traeger, Tregear, regrate
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greaser
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)
- 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.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Regatta,” [1]
- (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.
Derived terms
- flange greaser
Translations
See also
- bodgie
Anagrams
- Greears, agreers, regears, rerages
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