Usually means: Efficiently functioning due to preparation.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word well-oiled:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. well-oiled: Merriam-Webster
  2. well-oiled, well-oiled: Collins English Dictionary
  3. well-oiled: Wordnik
  4. well-oiled: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. well-oiled: Wiktionary
  6. well-oiled: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. well-oiled: Dictionary.com
  8. well-oiled: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. well-oiled: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Well-Oiled: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (idiomatic) Well-run; smoothrunning; efficiently run.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Drunk.
adjective:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see well, oiled.

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