grease
/ɡɹis/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.72 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Synonym of fat (“work containing much blank, profitable to the compositor”).
Countable; Dated; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor"
- "Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred."
- "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."
- "To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds."
- "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 bitty"
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin crassus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɹis/
- British English: /ɡɹiːs/