💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grease monkey"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mechanicnoun | Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. |
| auto-mechanicnoun | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
| automobile mechanicnoun | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
| car-mechanicnoun | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
| grease-monkeynoun | Alternative form of grease monkey. [(idiomatic, slang) A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.] |
| greasernoun | (slang) A mechanic. |
| greaseballnoun | (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent especially, but also used pejoratively to refer to people of Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, other Mediterranean, or Latin American descent. |
| monkeynoun | (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches. |
| greaseheadnoun | (derogatory) One of Italian or Hispanic descent. |
| grease boynoun | (historical) A man employed in metalworking to dip sheets of tin in hot tallow to remove excess tin. |
| greaseburgernoun | (slang) A greasy hamburger. |
| monkey mannoun | A supposed missing link, having intermediate characteristics of human and non-human primates; any extinct hominin. |
| greasebombnoun | (slang) A greasy or fatty food item. |
| cheese monkeynoun | (slang, derogatory, humorous, uncommon) A French person. |
| mud monkeynoun | (idiomatic, slang) Refers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material. |
| juice monkeynoun | (slang, chiefly sports) A steroid or testosterone abuser. |
| gremlinnoun | An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery. |
| butt monkeynoun | (Canada, US, slang, often humorous) An annoying and irksome person. |
| monkey wrenchernoun | Alternative form of monkey-wrencher. [(slang) An activist who sabotages operations perceived as harmful to the natural environment.] |
| chunky monkeynoun | (slang) A mildly obese person. |
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