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Greek

/ɡɹiːk/

An inhabitant, resident, or person of descent from Greece.

📖 Definitions of "Greek"

noun
  1. 1

    An inhabitant, resident, or person of descent from Greece.

  2. 2

    Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.

  3. 3

    A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system.)

    "Was Joe a Greek in college?"

  4. 4

    A cunning rogue; a merry fellow.

verb
  1. 1

    To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

  2. 2

    To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

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