greenie

noun greenies · greeny

1. Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists. People ask me if am I a greenie and I go, ‘No, not in the sense that I chain myself to trees, no I′m not. But in the sense that I am concerned about the environment and do my little bit to help, then yes I am.’

   Similar: tree hugger

2. Australian, broadly, informal A member of the Australian Greens.
3. US, derogatory, slang A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate. At Alcova, the problem is compounded for the fool or fools when they have greenie license plates and behave like tourists. The growing combative presence in their rear is chalk full of true Wyoming grit.
4. informal An unripe fruit. In every kitchen arises the acrid tang of green- tomato pickle, chutney, chili; on every south-facing kitchen windowsill the most promising greenies line up to be coaxed ripe.
5. US, slang A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn. […]“When the teacher says ‘Good Morning,’ you say, ‘Fuck You.’ That′s what you say in America.” Sometimes they varied this with “son of a bitch.” Sure enough the greenie parroted these instructions to the merriment of the classroom.

   Similar: greenhorn, tyro

6. informal A small, green object. He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey's palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.”
7. informal, slang A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
8. US, informal, slang Amphetamines used in baseball. When Rose broke into major-league baseball, the use of amphetamines, or “greenies” as the players called them, was an aboveboard practice. There were more players who took them than there were who lifted weights. The greenies were frequently dispensed by team trainers.
9. informal A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa. All eye turned to the small jewel of a bird that was sipping nectar from an orange-flowered plant. "A greenie, I think, Rose," said Hilary Fotherington-Thomas, squinting down her binoculars.
10. informal A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia. In spite of repeated public statements and reminders, school boys and others are continuing to trap `bluies' and `greenies,' particularly in the Brisbane area, the Department of Agriculture and Stock announced to-day. These birds belong to a family more correctly called lorikeets, and as such, under
11. informal A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
12. informal A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia. I don't know how many eggs the mother cuckoo laid, but we picked up two young unfledged greenies which were thrown out of the nest by the intruder.
13. informal An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. In the summer time, live bait is often used almost within throwing distance of the jetties for the kingfish and cobia. Local captains use greenies or threadfin herring primarily and catch them on gold hooks right outside the Stuart inlet.
14. informal The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae. Depending upon the species, fishers may harvest along the ocean floor for many rockfish and other groundfish, while hake, pollock, and some rockfish species (i.e. greenies and brownies) are targeted with mid-water trawls.
15. diminutive, slang Diminutive of greenback “Come on Lil, catch a greenie,” I say. In between wipe-outs, Lily is having a great time too, occasionally catching waves all the way into the beach.
16. The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
17. US, slang A Green Beret.
18. US, slang A green glass bottle of Heineken beer.