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Definition: Elbow Grease |
Elbow GreaseNoun1. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Noun. Source: Standard english. Definition: An industrial strength chemical; usually refers to soap, detergent, or bleach. Context: Workplace discussions. Social Source: Lunch Ladies. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | ELBOW GREASE. Labour. Elbow grease will make an oak table shine. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Elbow GreaseSynonyms: effort (n), exertion (n), sweat (n), travail (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friction | Noun: friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping. Verb: confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
elbow grease | 13 |
elbow grease lube | 6 |
elbow grease lubricant | 5 |
elbow grease gel | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elbow grease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punë e rëndë (drudgery, moil, slavery, slog, swot, toil, travail), lustrim i fortë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كدح (drudge, drudgery, fag, grub, hard work, labor, labour, moil, plod, proletarianize, slave, slavery, slog, sweat, sweat blood, swot, toil, travail, work hard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | усилено търкане, тежка работа (donkey work, fag, grind, job, labor, labour, moil, murder, plod, slavery, task-work, toil, warm work), зор (ado, graft, job). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dřina (drudgery, fag, grind, grindery, labor, labour, moil, slog, stinker, sweat, toil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | huile de coude. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עבו"" קש" (grind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | strapa (exaction, fatigue, sweat, swelter), nehéz házimunka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | olio di gomito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | laueys (alacrity, industry, industry speed, skilfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elboway easegray trudã (drudgery, grub, labor, labour, moil, suffering, sufferings, sweat, tiredness, toil, trouble, work), muncã grea (fag, moil, penance, toil), lustruire (polish). (various references) тяжелая работа (corvee, donkey work, drudgery, grind, moil, plod, slog, swot, tough job), пот (perspiration, sweat). (various references) težak rad (corvee, fatigue duty, fatigues, hard labor, hard labour, labor intensive, labour intensive, labouring, slog, toil), mukotrpan (hard labor, hard labour). (various references) trabajo duro (donkey work, hard work, physically demanding). (various references) hårt slit. (various references) งานที่ต้องใช้กำลังแขนมาก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) el emeği (manual labor), ince iş (craftsmanship, delicate matter, fine work), cilalama (polish, polishing). (various references) тяжка праця (plod), відшліфування. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-g-l-o-r-s-w" | |
-3 letters: aerogels, brewages, earlobes, growable, sewerage. | |
-4 letters: aerobes, aerogel, areoles, bareges, bargees, barlows, bawlers, beagles, bewares, blowers, borages, bowlegs, bowlers, brewage, earlobe, galeres, galores, gaolers, garbles, glowers, regales, reglows, release, rowable, seeable, sewable, sowable, warbles. | |
-5 letters: abeles, aerobe, agrees, algors, areole, argles, argols, bagels, balers, barege, bargee, barges, barlow, bawler, beagle, belgas, belows, beware. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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