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grease-monkey

grease-monkey is the alternative form of grease monkey.

Meaning of grease monkey

Noun

grease monkey (plural grease monkeys)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
    • If you appear like a tramp or grease-monkey how can you expect to meet the people who are able to support your business.1910, Antonin Gilbert Sertillanges, Jeanne d'Arc et l'Union française - discours prononcé à Notre-Dame le 8 Mai 1910 en la première fête liturgique de la Bienheureuse Jeanne d'Arc, page 10

Forms of grease-monkey

pluralgrease-monkeys

Questions about grease-monkey

What is grease-monkey the alternative form of?
Grease-monkey is the alternative form of grease monkey.

Words near grease-monkey in the dictionary

  1. grease spot
  2. grease spots
  3. grease the skids
  4. grease the wheels
  5. grease up
  6. grease-monkey
  7. grease-monkeys
  8. grease-paint
  9. grease-painted
  10. grease-paints
  11. grease-pot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grease-monkey (page history and authors); grease monkey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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