well-oiled

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wel oild]
- /wɛl ɔɪld/
- /wel ɔɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel oild]
- /wɛl ɔɪld/

Definitions of well-oiled word

adjective well-oiled operating with efficiency: a well-oiled department. 1
adjective well-oiled Slang. drunk. 1
adjective well-oiled Journalists sometimes refer to a system or organization that is operating very efficiently as a well-oiled machine. 0
adjective well-oiled drunk 0
noun well-oiled drunk; oiled 0
adjective well-oiled (Idiomatic) efficient, efficiently run. 0

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Origin of well-oiled

First appearance:

before 1730

One of the 48% newest English words

First recorded in 1730-40

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Parts of speech for Well-oiled

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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well-oiled popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 63% 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.

Synonyms for well-oiled

adjective well-oiled

drunk — being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.

Just one Synonym for well-oiled