grease meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

grease

noun

US /ɡɹis/ · UK /ɡɹiːs/

Etymology From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

Broadly Any oily or fatty matter.

Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

Slang Money.

Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:

Media, Printing, Publishing Dated, Slang Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).

Synonyms: fat, lard
Derived terms: 63 terms
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grease

verb

US /ɡɹiz/

Etymology From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

9 senses

1To put grease or fat on something, especially in order…
2To bribe.
3To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
4To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
5To kill.
6To have sexual intercourse with.
7To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
8To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
9To depart or slip away.

To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

Informal To bribe.

the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri:

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His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery:

Informal To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Slang To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

Slang To kill.

Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy He a blood, why the fuck I’m greasin his bitty2022 November 22, BLP Kosher, “Chopping Block” (track 3, 1:31 from the start), in BLP Kosher and The Magic Dreidel:

Obsolete To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

You have greased him / For chewing love again in haste1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

To depart or slip away.

Derived terms: degrease, greasable, greased landing, grease it on, grease one's gills, greaser, grease someone's palm, grease the hand, grease the wheels, nongreased, pregrease, regrease

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