Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grease-monkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: grease--mon-key
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of grease monkey.

Example Sentences

"During my second week here I got a job with the Ryan Company, working in the hangar half-days, Saturdays and Sundays, as a grease-monkey."
"“I left you a rather trim and attractive young woman. And certainly clean. What has happened to you? You look like a grease-monkey, Jan.”"
"Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are the typical employees of the future."

Inflected Forms

grease-monkeys (plural)

Questions

What does grease-monkey mean?: Alternative form of grease monkey.

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