oiler

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
2. isim Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
3. isim 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.”

4. isim Synonym of oilcan.
5. isim A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
6. isim Synonym of oil well.
7. isim An oilskin coat.
8. isim A Mexican.

   “Near-synonym: greaser”

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

   “He also said that it was just as difficult to make friends at Cheam School and at Cambridge because he couldn't be sure who 'genuinely liked him' and who were 'trying to suck up' to him because of who he was — 'oilers', Princess Diana once called such people.”

10. isim A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.