Definitions For Greenie

Noun

GREENIE (plural GREENIEs) (chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, slang, often, derogatory) An environmentalist; someone who shows concern for the environment. (Australia, by extension) A member of the green party. (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate. An unripe fruit. (US, slang) A beginner, a novice. (informal) A small, green object or creature. (slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey. (US, slang) A tablet of amphetamine. 1992, Michael Y. Sokolove, Hustle: Myth, Life and Lies of Pete Rose, , : Some players took a greenie before every game. 2010, Aaron Skirboll, The Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven: How a Ragtag Group of Fans Took the Fall for Major League Baseball, , : Feeling down? Pop a greenie. Had a rough night? Pop a greenie. Long road trip? Double header? Need a base hit? The answer for it all was the same: pop a greenie. : “Greenies were what everyone was doing,” Koch says.