English Explanatory Dictionary

well-oiled

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Well-run; smoothrunning; efficiently run.
  2. Drunk.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well, oiled.

Pronunciation

En-au-well-oiled.ogg

Word forms

well-oiled more well-oiled most well-oiled

Etymology

The figurative sense of smoothrunning is an extension from the literal sense involving lubrication.

Synonyms

businesslike efficient economical efficacious potent lubricated lubed sauced Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten bevvied bibacious bibulous binned bingoed bladdered blasted blewed blind blind drunk blitzed blocked blootered blottoed blue bollocksed bombed boozy bosky bottled Brahms Brahms and Liszt budgy bungalowed bungfu burlin' canned clobbered corned cocked cockeyed crapulous crocked cunted cup-shot cup-shotten cut dead drunk destroyed disguised

Related words

overoiled underoiled well-oiled machine
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