greek

adj

1. Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

   “Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.”

   “Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].”

   “The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.”

2. (colloquial, figuratively)Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
3. (US, not-comparable)Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or (uncommon) honor societies.

   ““Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

   “It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, by the age of 12, I could speak German, Greek and English, so languages became my passion and my hobby.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The written form of these languages.
3. (countable, uncountable)A surname.

noun

1. (countable)A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

   “The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth.”

2. (uncountable)Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
3. (colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.

   “"I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."”

   “"It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death—what did he know what it might not be?”

   “preferred risk... family maintenance... 20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek to you, don't worry. It sounds like Greek to most people.”

4. (colloquial, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable)Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
5. (US, colloquial, countable, metonymically)A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.

   “Was Joe a Greek in college?”

6. (archaic, countable, slang)A cunning rogue.

   “The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take.”

   “When Greek meets Greek neither is wont to get much satisfaction.”

7. (archaic, countable, slang)A merry fellow.
8. (slang, uncountable)Anal sex.

   “She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.)”

   ““What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.””

9. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
10. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
11. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

verb

1. (obsolete)To cheat at cards.

   “A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world.”

2. (alt-of, uncommon)Alternative letter-case form of greek.
3. (transitive)To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

   “You can specify the type size below which text will be greeked in the Preferences dialog box. Designers often prefer to use greeked text in rough layouts because it helps the client focus on the design rather than on the words.”

   “If text gets smaller than this value, [Adobe] Illustrator shows the text blocks as gray bars, an operation called greeking. Both type size and view size figure into the equation, so that 6-point type greeks at 100-percent view size and 12-point type greeks at 50 percent. Greeking speeds the screen display because gray bars are easier to draw than individual characters.”

4. (transitive)To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
5. (transitive)To obscure a corporate logo that has not been permitted for use in a production.