Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for grease monkey

grease monkey

noun

, Slang.
  1. a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.


grease monkey

noun

  1. informal.
    a mechanic, esp one who works on cars or aircraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of grease monkey1

First recorded in 1905–10
Discover More

Example Sentences

Every chair in the cavernous warehouse space, which was arrayed with giant inflatable denim-bedecked bombshells and grease monkeys, was full.

Schweighöfer is there to crack the safe, and Notaro is the grease monkey/pilot tasked with shepherding the squad to safety.

Unfortunately in the last 10-20 years the perception of an automotive technician is a grease monkey.

A grease monkey’s tomboy friend helps him woo a popular girl in their Los Angeles high school.

“Wish I had better news, son. I’m just an old grease monkey, but I’ve been climbing around boat engines for long enough to know the score.”

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


grease gungrease nipple