greaseball
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 10
Definition of greaseball
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A person of Italian descent.
“(Italian)”
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noun
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(US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A person of Italian descent.
“(Italian)”
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(US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
“Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? […] I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all the same.”
- (slang)A mechanic.
- (slang)A biker, a tough.
- (slang)A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From grease + ball; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.
Words you can make from greaseball
200+ playable · top: RESALABLE (11 pts)
Best play resalable 11 points8-letter words
10 words7-letter words
20 words6-letter words
57 words- BAGELS 9 pts
- BAREGE 9 pts
- BARGEE 9 pts
- BARGES 9 pts
- BEAGLE 9 pts
- BEGALL 9 pts
- BELGAS 9 pts
- GABLES 9 pts
- GARBLE 9 pts
- GLEBAE 9 pts
- GLEBES 9 pts
- GREBES 9 pts
- SEABAG 9 pts
- ABASER 8 pts
- ABELES 8 pts
- ARABLE 8 pts
- BALERS 8 pts
- BALLER 8 pts
- BELLES 8 pts
- BLARES 8 pts
- BLEARS 8 pts
- LABELS 8 pts
- LABRAL 8 pts
- REBASE 8 pts
- REBELS 8 pts
- SABLER 8 pts
- AGLARE 7 pts
- AGREES 7 pts
- ALEGAR 7 pts
- ALLEGE 7 pts
- ARGALS 7 pts
- ARGLES 7 pts
- EAGERS 7 pts
- EAGLES 7 pts
- EAGRES 7 pts
- GALEAE 7 pts
- GALEAS 7 pts
- GALERE 7 pts
- GLARES 7 pts
- GRAALS 7 pts
- GREASE 7 pts
- LAAGER 7 pts
- LAGERS 7 pts
- LARGES 7 pts
- LEGALS 7 pts
- LEGERS 7 pts
- RAGEES 7 pts
- REGALE 7 pts
- ALLEES 6 pts
- LAREES 6 pts
- LEASER 6 pts
- REALES 6 pts
- RESALE 6 pts
- RESEAL 6 pts
- RESELL 6 pts
- SEALER 6 pts
- SELLER 6 pts
5-letter words
101 words- BAGEL 8 pts
- BARGE 8 pts
- BELGA 8 pts
- BERGS 8 pts
- BLAGS 8 pts
- BRAGS 8 pts
- GABLE 8 pts
- GARBS 8 pts
- GLEBA 8 pts
- GLEBE 8 pts
- GRABS 8 pts
- GREBE 8 pts
- ABASE 7 pts
- ABELE 7 pts
- ABLER 7 pts
- ABLES 7 pts
- ALBAS 7 pts
- BAALS 7 pts
- BALAS 7 pts
- BALER 7 pts
- BALES 7 pts
- BALLS 7 pts
- BALSA 7 pts
- BARES 7 pts
- BASAL 7 pts
- BASER 7 pts
- BEALS 7 pts
- BEARS 7 pts
- BEERS 7 pts
- BELLE 7 pts
- BELLS 7 pts
- BLARE 7 pts
- BLASE 7 pts
- BLEAR 7 pts
- BRAES 7 pts
- BREES 7 pts
- LABEL 7 pts
- LABRA 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- SABAL 7 pts
- SABER 7 pts
- SABLE 7 pts
- SABRA 7 pts
- SABRE 7 pts
- AGARS 6 pts
- AGERS 6 pts
- AGLEE 6 pts
- AGREE 6 pts
- ALGAE 6 pts
- ALGAL 6 pts
- ALGAS 6 pts
- ARGAL 6 pts
- ARGLE 6 pts
- EAGER 6 pts
- EAGLE 6 pts
- EAGRE 6 pts
- EGERS 6 pts
- GALAS 6 pts
- GALEA 6 pts
- GALES 6 pts
- GALLS 6 pts
- GEARS 6 pts
- GLARE 6 pts
- GLEES 6 pts
- GRAAL 6 pts
- GREES 6 pts
- LAGER 6 pts
- LARGE 6 pts
- LEGAL 6 pts
- LEGER 6 pts
- LEGES 6 pts
- RAGAS 6 pts
- RAGEE 6 pts
- RAGES 6 pts
- REGAL 6 pts
- REGES 6 pts
- SAGER 6 pts
- SARGE 6 pts
- SERGE 6 pts
- ALLEE 5 pts
- AREAE 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- AREAS 5 pts
- ARLES 5 pts
- EARLS 5 pts
- EASEL 5 pts
- EASER 5 pts
- ERASE 5 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
- LARES 5 pts
- LASER 5 pts
- LEARS 5 pts
- LEASE 5 pts
- LEERS 5 pts
- RALES 5 pts
- REALS 5 pts
- REELS 5 pts
- SALAL 5 pts
- SAREE 5 pts
- SELLE 5 pts
- SERAL 5 pts
4-letter words
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