oiled

English

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Verb

oiled

1. simple past and past participle of oil

Adjective

oiled (comparative more oiled, superlative most oiled)

1. Covered in, or supplied with, oil.

   an oiled machine; a person's oiled body

2. (slang) drunk. Usually in conjunction with well.

   I got well oiled last night.

   • 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Ch. 14:

     "Say, was he oiled when the accident happened?"

     "No, he was on the wagon again. …"

Synonyms

• (covered in oil): oily, oleose
• (drunk): inebriated, soused; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• well-oiled machine

Anagrams

• deoil, eolid, oldie