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greasy

[ gree-see, ]

adjective

greasier, greasiest.
  1. smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
  2. composed of or containing grease; oily:

    greasy food.

  3. greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery.
  4. insinuatingly unctuous in manner; repulsively slick; oily.
  5. Veterinary Pathology. affected with grease.


greasy

/ -sɪ; ˈɡriːzɪ /

adjective

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a shearer
  2. an outback cook, esp cooking for a number of men
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

  • ˈ𲹲Ա, noun
  • ˈ𲹲, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • 𲹲i· adverb
  • 𲹲i·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·𲹲y adjective
  • over·𲹲i·Ա noun
  • v·𲹲y adjective
  • ܲ·𲹲y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greasy1

First recorded in 1505–15
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Example Sentences

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Indian physicians say abdominal obesity is rising due to lifestyle changes - more junk food, takeaways, instant meals and greasy home cooking.

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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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