Definition of GREASEBALL

greaseball

Meanings

Plural: greaseballs

Noun

  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
  • A person of Italian descent especially, but also used pejoratively to refer to people of Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, other Mediterranean, or Latin American descent.
  • A mechanic.
  • A biker, a tough.
  • A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop

Scrabble Score: 13

greaseball is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
greaseball is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
greaseball is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

greaseball is a valid Words With Friends word