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greaseballs

greaseballs is the plural of greaseball.

Meaning of greaseball

Noun

greaseball (plural greaseballs)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A person of Italian descent.
    • (Italian)
  2. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
    • Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? […] I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all the same.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type
  3. (slang) A mechanic.
  4. (slang) A biker, a tough.
  5. (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

Questions about greaseballs

What is greaseballs the plural of?
Greaseballs is the plural of greaseball.

Words near greaseballs in the dictionary

  1. grease-paints
  2. grease-pot
  3. grease-pots
  4. greaseable
  5. greaseball
  6. greaseballs
  7. greaseband
  8. greasebanded
  9. greasebanding
  10. greasebands
  11. greaseboard

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