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  • 1greasy spoon — noun count INFORMAL a small restaurant that serves inexpensive greasy food …

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  • 2greasy spoon — small cafe that serves greasy food    I eat at the greasy spoon. The food ain t great, but it s cheap …

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  • 3greasy — adjective 1) a plate of greasy food Syn: fatty, oily, buttery, oleaginous; formal pinguid Ant: lean 2) greasy hair Syn: oily Ant …

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  • 4greasy spoon — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms greasy spoon : singular greasy spoon plural greasy spoons informal a small café that serves cheap greasy food …

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  • 5greasy — adjective (greasier; est) Date: 1514 1. a. smeared or soiled with grease < greasy clothes > b. oily in appearance, texture, or manner < his greasy smile Jack London > c. slippery 2. containing an unusual amount of grease …

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  • 6greasy — adjective 1 covered in grease or oil: greasy food | greasy hair 2 slippery: The roads are greasy after the rain. 3 too polite and friendly in a way that seems insincere or unpleasant; smarmy greasily adverb greasiness noun (U) …

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  • 7greasy — greasily, adv. greasiness, n. /gree see, zee/, adj., greasier, greasiest. 1. smeared, covered, or soiled with grease. 2. composed of or containing grease; oily: greasy food. 3. greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery. 4. insinuatingly&#8230; …

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  • 8greasy — greas•y [[t]ˈgri si, zi[/t]] adj. greas•i•er, greas•i•est 1) smeared, covered, or soiled with grease 2) composed of or containing grease; oily: greasy food[/ex] 3) greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery 4) cvb insinuatingly unctuous&#8230; …

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  • 9greasy — /ˈgrizi / (say greezee), / si/ (say see) adjective (greasier, greasiest) 1. smeared or soiled with grease. 2. composed of or containing grease; oily: greasy food. 3. grease like in appearance or to the touch; slippery. 4. (of wool) not scoured to …

  • 10Greasy spoon — is a colloquial term used in Britain and North America for archetypal working class eateries. The name greasy spoon is used to imply a less than rigorous approach to hygiene and dishwashing, and appears to date from 1925. United Kingdom In the&#8230; …

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