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greasing one's gills

greasing one's gills is the present participle and gerund of grease one's gills.

Meaning of grease one's gills

Verb

grease one's gills (third-person singular simple present greases one's gills, present participle greasing one's gills, simple past and past participle greased one's gills)

  1. (slang) To eat a hearty meal.
    • He'll give a guinea at the least,
      To grease his gills at city feast:
      But tho' to belly he's so kind,
      Yet not one souse to treat his mind.1763, Robert Lloyd, The St. James's Magazine, volume 2, page 188

Questions about greasing one's gills

What is greasing one's gills the present participle and gerund of?
Greasing one's gills is the present participle and gerund of grease one's gills.

Words near greasing one's gills in the dictionary

  1. greasily
  2. greasiness
  3. greasinesses
  4. greasing
  5. greasing it on
  6. greasing one's gills
  7. greasing someone's palm
  8. greasing the skids
  9. greasing the wheels
  10. greasing up
  11. greasings

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