Greek

1. 1

   Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

   • 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.
   • Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].
2. 2

   Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.colloquialfiguratively

3. 3

   Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or (uncommon) honor societies.USnot-comparable

   • “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”.

syn. Greek

1. 1

   The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.countableuncountable

   • It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, by the age of 12, I could speak German, Greek and English, so languages became my passion and my hobby.
2. 2

   The written form of these languages.countableuncountable

3. 3

   A surname.countableuncountable

1. 1

   A person from Greece or of Greek descent.countable

   • The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth.
2. 2

   Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.uncountable

3. 3

   Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.colloquialfigurativelyuncountable

   • "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."
   • "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?
4. 4

   Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.colloquialfigurativelymetonymically

5. 5

   A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.UScolloquialcountable

   • Was Joe a Greek in college?
6. 6

   A cunning rogue.archaiccountableslang

   • The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take.
   • When Greek meets Greek neither is wont to get much satisfaction.
7. 7

   A merry fellow.archaiccountableslang

8. 8

   Anal sex.slanguncountable

   • 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
9. 9

   One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.countablein-pluraluncountable

syn. Greek · Grecian · Greeke · Hellene

1. 1

   To cheat at cards.obsolete

   • A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world.
2. 2

   Alternative letter-case form of greek.alt-ofuncommon