grease

Etymology

From Middle English grece (“grease”), from Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

noun

1. Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
2. (by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
3. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
4. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
5. (slang) Money.
   Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of. 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type

verb

1. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
2. (transitive, informal) To bribe.
   Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred. 2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri
   His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty. 2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery
3. (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
4. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
   To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
5. (transitive, slang) To extinguish the life of.
6. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
   I’m with a girl, call me Rick, I get my crank on Choppa knock him out his briefs, ayy free willy 2022-11-22, BLP Kosher (lyrics and music), “Chopping Block” (track 3, 1:31 from the start), in BLP Kosher and The Magic Dreidel
7. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
8. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.