greaseball

grease·ball

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [grees-bawl]
- /ˈgrisˌbɔl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [grees-bawl]
- /ˈgrisˌbɔl/

Definitions of greaseball word

noun greaseball Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Mediterranean or Latin American descent. 1
noun greaseball a person having oily or slicked-back hair. 1
noun greaseball greaser (def 3). 1
noun greaseball a person of Italian descent 0
noun greaseball a person of Mediterranean or Latin American origin 0
noun greaseball greaser (sense 2) 0

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Origin of greaseball

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; grease + ball1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Greaseball

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Greaseball

greaseball popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

greaseball usage trend in Literature

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