greasy
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- adjective
- /ˈɡriːsi/
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- She wiped her greasy fingers on a napkin before picking up the book.
- greasy hair
- looks greasy
- greasy wool
God, I look so greasy and so eggy.
- God, I look so greasy and so eggy.
- It's like a really greasy, flat pancake.
- It feels super super greasy but the color is nice.
- So lipid fat is sticky it's greasy, we like to say.
- It looks really shiny and greasy at first, but that's the point.
- Like freshly made, still warm, extra greasy, extra crispy.
- Like it's silky and smooth, but it's not greasy, but it looks glowy.
- If your beard looks greasy or shiny, you're using too much.
- Loosen the bottle before you get your hands greasy with the onion rings.
- This will make you greasy very quickly.
- Picture them me greasy running through the pier.
Examples
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I'm all for shiny hair, but once it starts looking greasy, we should fix this.
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If your beard looks greasy or shiny, you're using too much.
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Also guys, I promise my hair is not greasy and it has oil in.
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It's like a really greasy, flat pancake.
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It feels super super greasy but the color is nice.
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I got to say, it is greasier than it looks.
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"For his last meal Williams is getting a 95-cent blue plate special from the greasy spoon across the street."
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Smoke had left a smear of greasy soot on the glass.
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Their blonde hair was stringy and sort of greasy, unwashed for what must have been years.
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The greasy frying pan left a residue on the countertop that was hard to clean.
Synonyms
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A surface that makes you slip or slide
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Covered in oil or grease and feeling slippery
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Having a thin, slippery liquid on the surface to protect or make smooth
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Having or producing oil, often in skin glands
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Likely to make you slip on a wet or icy surface
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Having a smooth, slippery surface because of oil or water
Covered with oil or grease
Covered with oil or a slippery substance to move more easily
Covered with oil or grease so parts move more easily
Having the feel or shine of oil
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How Greasy
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
Greasy comes from the word grease, which means 'fat' or 'oil'. Think of a frying pan with oil — it looks shiny and feels slippery. So greasy describes something covered in oil or that feels slippery.