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greaseball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
grease-ball
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of Italian descent.

American usage; Derogatory; Slang

noun

Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.

American usage; Derogatory; Slang

noun

A mechanic.

Slang

noun

A biker, a tough.

Slang

noun

A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

Slang

Example Sentences

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 English -ball English greaseball From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.

Usage

Inflected Forms

greaseballs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

greaser

Synonyms

wop dago ginzo guinea

Questions

What does greaseball mean?
A person of Italian descent.
Where does greaseball come from?
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 English -ball English greaseball From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.

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