grease-monkey
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) An automobile mechanic.
Etymology
Compound from English grease + English monkey (menial employee who does a repetitive job).
Origin
English
monkey
Gloss
menial employee who does a repetitive job
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimonkey English
- assmonkey English
- begrease English
- degrease English
- grease English
- greaseball English
- greaseband English
- greaseboard English
- greasebomb English
- greaseburger English
- greasegrass English
- greaseless English
- greaselike English
- greasen English
- greasepaint English
- greaseproof English
- greaser English
- greasest English
- greaseth English
- greasewood English
- greasy English
- hosemonkey English
- monkey English
- monkey nut English
- monkey run English
- monkeyboard English
- monkeydom English
- monkeyface English
- monkeyflower English
- monkeyfy English
- monkeygland English
- monkeyhood English
- monkeyish English
- monkeyism English
- monkeykind English
- monkeyless English
- monkeylike English
- monkeypod English
- monkeypox English
- pregrease English
- regrease English
- supermonkey English
- ungrease English
- weremonkey English
- モンキー Japanese
- grece Middle English
- moncaí Irish
- manki Serbo-Croatian
- mwnci Welsh
- monnekijn Middle Dutch
- grisi Swahili
- kūriij Marshallese
- gris Tok Pisin
- gris mani Tok Pisin
- grisim Tok Pisin
- grisman Tok Pisin
- manki Tok Pisin
- mágí Navajo, Navaho
- giris Hausa
- grease
- monkey
- greasy
- greasen
- greaser
- ungrease
- degrease
- regrease
- greaseth
- greasest
- monkeyfy
- begrease
- monkeypox
- monkeyism
- assmonkey
- pregrease
- monkeyish
- monkeydom
- monkeypod
- monkey nut
- monkey run
- antimonkey
- hosemonkey
- monkeyless
- greaseless
- weremonkey
- greaselike
- greasewood
- monkeylike
- greaseball
- monkeykind
- monkeyhood
- greaseband
- monkeyface
- greasebomb
- monkeygland
- greasepaint
- supermonkey
- greaseboard
- greaseproof
- monkeyboard
- greasegrass
- monkeyflower
- greaseburger