GREASY Definition & Meaning

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greasy

[ gree-see, �� ]

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adjective

greasier, greasiest.

smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
composed of or containing grease; oily:
greasy food.
greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery.
insinuatingly unctuous in manner; repulsively slick; oily.
Veterinary Pathology. affected with grease.

greasy

/ -sɪ; ˈɡriːzɪ /

adjective

coated or soiled with or as if with grease
composed of or full of grease
resembling grease
unctuous or oily in manner

noun

a shearer
an outback cook, esp cooking for a number of men

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Pronunciation Note

greasy is almost always pronounced as [gree, -zee], with a medial [z], in the South Midland and Southern U.S. and as [gree, -see], with a medial [s], in New England, New York State, and the Great Lakes Basin. Speakers of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania are divided, with some using [s] and some using [z]. Standard British English reflects both [z] and [s] pronunciations and British folk speech is also divided regionally, with [z] heard in the eastern counties and [s] in the central and western ones. Both pronunciations were brought to the colonies, where the present U.S. pattern emerged.

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of greasy¹

First recorded in 1505–15

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Example Sentences

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But after we dropped off the van, John and I treated ourselves to some truly disgusting chicken sliders from a greasy fast- food spot.

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Chilled butter creates little pockets of fat in the dough that melt during baking, leaving behind flaky layers instead of a greasy mass.

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He said there is still snow on the top of the mountains at 3,000ft and described the rocks during the day as "greasy" due to damp in the air.

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The cartoon ditches Michael Bay’s greasy hormonal Earthlings to zoom back to the robots’ home planet of Cybertron, gorgeously rendered in the perfectly lighted pastels of an old Soviet sci-fi movie.

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He, too, houses the sugar-free caffeinated beverages as a vague gesture towards "health" in between housing vegetable-free greasy meals of cheap hamburgers and sugary desserts.

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