Definition of "Greek"

Greek

/ɡɹiːk/

adjective
comparative Greeker, superlative Greekest
1. Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture
  Quotations
  Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […]
2. (figurative, colloquial) Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
3. (US, not comparable) Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, and/or (uncommon) honor societies.
  Quotations
  “Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”.
  2023 May 24, Adrian Horton, “‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities”, in The Guardian‎
proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Greeks
1. (depending on context) Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.
2. The written form of these languages.
3. A surname.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural Greeks
1. (countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
2. (uncountable) Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
3. (uncountable, figurative, colloquial) Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
  Quotations
  "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."
  1821, Mary Jane Mackenzie, Geraldine‎, page 8
  "It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death—what did he know what it might not be?
  1859, Kinahan Cornwallis, Two Journeys to Japan, 1856–7‎, volume 2, page 246
  preferred risk... family maintenance... 20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. It sounds like Greek to most people.
  1951 December, “Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy?”, in Changing Times – The Kiplinger Magazine‎, volume 5, number 12, page 28
4. (uncountable, figurative, colloquial) Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
5. (countable, US, colloquial) A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.
6. (countable, archaic) A cunning rogue.
7. (countable, archaic) A merry fellow.
8. (uncountable, slang) Anal sex.
  Quotations
  She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.)
  2001, "ASP: 'Julie' of Oral-Land-Oh", alt.sex.prostitution, Usenet
  “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”
  2012, Maxim Jakubowski, The Best British Crime Omnibus
9. (finance, chiefly in the plural) One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
verb
third-person singular simple present Greeks, present participle Greeking, simple past and past participle Greeked
1. (obsolete) To cheat at cards.
  Quotations
  A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world.
  1817, Sporting Magazine, number 50, page 284
2. (uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of greek.

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