Usually means: Youth subculture, slicked-back hairstyles, 1950s.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word greaser:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. greaser: Merriam-Webster
  2. greaser: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. greaser: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. greaser: Collins English Dictionary
  5. greaser: Vocabulary.com
  6. greaser: Wordnik
  7. greaser: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. greaser: Wiktionary
  9. greaser: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. greaser: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. greaser: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Greaser, greaser: Dictionary.com
  13. Greaser (derogatory), Greaser (disambiguation), Greaser (subculture): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. greaser: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. greaser: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Greaser: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Greaser: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. greaser: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. greaser: Rhymezone
  20. Greaser: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. greaser: FreeDictionary.org
  22. greaser: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Greaser: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Greaser (offensive), Greaser (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. greaser, greaser, greaser, greaser: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Greaser: 1960's Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
▸ noun:  (slang) A mechanic.
▸ noun:  (slang) A biker, a tough.
▸ noun:  (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
▸ noun:  (aviation, slang) A very soft landing.
▸ noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
▸ noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
▸ noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.
▸ noun:  A surname from German.

Similar:
taco, wetback, oiler, lubricator, gripper, grasser, glazer, pusher, fueler, screwer, more...

Opposite:
preppy, clean-cut, polished

Types:
ducktail, quiff, pompadour, slick back, more...

Adjectives:
little, dirty, damned, old, mexican, poor, second, good, modern, particular, fat

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Similar:
taco, wetback, oiler, lubricator, gripper, grasser, glazer, pusher, fueler, screwer, more...

Opposite:
preppy, clean-cut, polished

Types:
ducktail, quiff, pompadour, slick back, more...

Adjectives:
little, dirty, damned, old, mexican, poor, second, good, modern, particular, fat



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