Usually means: 1950s subculture, rebellious, working-class youth.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word greasers:

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

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. greasers: Urban Dictionary
  2. Greasers: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

(Note: See greaser as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Greaser)

noun:  Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
noun:  (slang) A mechanic.
noun:  (slang) A biker, a tough.
noun:  (slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
noun:  (aviation, slang) A very soft landing.
noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Italian.
noun:  (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A Greek.
noun:  A surname from German.
▸ Also see greaser


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