English Explanatory Dictionary

greaseball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person of Italian descent.
  2. Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
  3. A mechanic.
  4. A biker, a tough.
  5. A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

Pronunciation

En-au-greaseball.ogg

Word forms

greaseball greaseballs

Etymology

From grease + ball; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.

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