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Meaning of greek chorus

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

greek

Pronunciation:/ɡɹiːk/

noun

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant, resident, or person of descent from Greece.

  2. Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.

  3. A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system.)

    Example: Was Joe a Greek in college?

  4. A cunning rogue; a merry fellow.

verb

Definitions

  1. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

  2. To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.