English Online Dictionary. What means greek? What does greek mean?
English
Etymology
Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹiːk/
- Rhymes: -iːk
Noun
greek (plural greeks)
- Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).
Verb
greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)
- (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
- (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
- (transitive) To obscure a corporate logo that has not been permitted for use in a production.
Derived terms
- greeking (noun)
Related terms
- it's all Greek to me
Anagrams
- Gerke