Meaning

10 senses
  1. One who or that which oils.

    An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.

  2. Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.

  3. An oil tanker.

    a well that yields or has yielded oil

  4. Synonym of oilcan.

  5. Synonym of oilcan.

    A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.

  6. Synonym of oil well.

  7. (informal)An oilskin coat.

  8. (US, ethnic, slur)A Mexican.

    Near-synonym: greaser

  9. (derogatory, slang)A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).

  10. (slang)A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English oyler, equivalent to oil + -er.

From Middle English oyler, equivalent to oil + -er.

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Forms

plural: oilers
Singularoiler
Pluraloilers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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