oiler

Meanings

Plural: oilers

Noun

• a worker who oils engines or machinery
• a well that yields or has yielded oil
• a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
• One who or that which oils.
• An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
• One who or that which oils.
• Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
• An oil tanker.
• Synonym of oilcan.
• Synonym of oilcan.
• A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
• Synonym of oil well.
• An oilskin coat.
• A Mexican.
• A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).
• A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.

Synonyms

oil tanker, oil well, oilcan, tank ship, tanker

Related Words

bunker oil, oilish, oily, well-oiled, well-oiled machine