"well-oiled" meaning in All languages combined

See well-oiled on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-well-oiled.ogg [Australia] Forms: more well-oiled [comparative], most well-oiled [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} well-oiled (comparative more well-oiled, superlative most well-oiled)
  1. (idiomatic) Efficient; efficiently run. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: businesslike, efficient
    Sense id: en-well-oiled-en-adj-hGiOnswR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) Drunk. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: drunk
    Sense id: en-well-oiled-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ

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