adj
oiled
adj
1
Coated or treated with oil.
"The chef used a well-oiled pan to keep the fish from sticking."
2
Informal for drunk, especially mildly so.
"By midnight, most of the guests were pleasantly oiled."
How to Use Oiled
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCovered with oil, or, informally, drunk.
When to use it
The "drunk" sense is casual slang, usually softened with a word like "well" or "pleasantly".
Common pairings
well-oiled machine
a bit oiled
Word Forms
more oiled comparative, most oiled superlative
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