GREASE

Grease

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School, follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love. The score attempts to recreate the sounds of early rock and roll. In its record-breaking original Broadway production, Grease was a raunchy, raw, aggressive, vulgar show. Subsequent productions sanitized it and tamed it down. The show tackles such social issues as teenage pregnancy and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, ...

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grease

Noun

  1. Animal fat in a melted or soft state
  2. Any oily or fatty matter.
  3. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
  4. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

Verb

  1. To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
  2. To bribe.
  3. To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
    ''To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
  4. To kill, murder.
    ''Fatcats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.


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