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oiler

noun
/ˈɔɪlɚ/US/ˈɔɪlə/UK

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from oyler

Definitions

  1. One who or that which oils.

  2. An oil tanker.

    • The order to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk – christened four years ago – is unusual but is in line with the White House mandate to reverse a number of military initiatives by Democratic presidents.

  3. Synonym of oilcan.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Synonym of oil well.

    2. An oilskin coat.

    3. A Mexican.

      • Near-synonym: greaser
      • There were a lot of renegades down towards the Mexican line who made a raid once in a while, and a few oilers livin' near had water holes in the foothills, […]

    4. A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).

    5. A heavy drinker

      A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oiler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA