Meaning of greaseball | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“(Italian)”

“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.”

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