greasy

greasy
adjective
1) fettig; fett [Essen]; speckig [Kleidung]; (lubricated) geschmiert; (slippery, dirty with lubricant) schmierig
2) (fig.) schmierig (abwertend)
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adjective
1) (of or like grease: greasy food.) fettig
2) (covered in grease: greasy hands.) schmierig
3) (slippery, as if covered in grease: greasy roads.) glitschig
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greasy
[ˈgri:si]
adj
1. (covered with grease) hair, skin fettig; fingers, objects also schmierig; (full of grease) food fett; (slippery) floor glitschig
2. (fig pej: effusively polite) person, manner schmierig pej
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['griːsɪ]
adj (+er)
1) (= oily) food fett; hair, skin, complexion fettig
2) (= dirty) clothes schmierig; (= slippery) surface rutschig, glatt
3) (pej: smarmy) schmierig (pej inf)
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greasy [ˈɡriːzı; -sı] adj (adv greasily)
1. schmierig, beschmiert
2. fett(ig), ölig:
greasy hair fettiges Haar;
greasy stain Fettfleck m
3. glitschig, schlüpfrig
4. ungewaschen (Wolle):
greasy wool academic.ru/32268/grease">grease A 3 a
5. fig
a) ölig, schmierig
b) aalglatt
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adjective
1) fettig; fett [Essen]; speckig [Kleidung]; (lubricated) geschmiert; (slippery, dirty with lubricant) schmierig
2) (fig.) schmierig (abwertend)
* * *
adj.
fettig adj.
schmalzig adj.
schmierig adj.

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