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grease spots

grease spots is the plural of grease spot.

Meaning of grease spot

Noun

grease spot (plural grease spots)

  1. (informal) A minute remnant, humorously the only distinguishable remains of an antagonist after a fight.
    • If you'd come at me with even numbers, I wouldn't leave a grease spot of you.1866, Israel Gibbons, Crescent-shine, page 108
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grease, spot.

Questions about grease spots

What is grease spots the plural of?
Grease spots is the plural of grease spot.

Words near grease spots in the dictionary

  1. grease pits
  2. grease pot
  3. grease pots
  4. grease someone's palm
  5. grease spot
  6. grease spots
  7. grease the skids
  8. grease the wheels
  9. grease up
  10. grease-monkey
  11. grease-monkeys

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