greenie

noun19

1. •
   (slang, disapproving) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.

   • “What′s a greenie doing with a gas hog like that?” — 2008
2. •
   (informal) A member of the Australian Greens.
3. •
   (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.

   • If you, as a trainer, work to instill a vision in your greenie, his whole mission will be drastically changed. — 2001
4. •
   (informal) A small, green object.

   • He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey's palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.” — 2014
5. •
   (informal, slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
6. •
   (informal, slang) Amphetamines used in baseball.
7. •
   (US, slang) A green glass bottle of Heineken beer.
8. •
   (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. — 1987
9. •
   (US, slang) A Green Beret.
10. •
    (informal) Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage.
11. •
    (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. — 2008
12. •
    (informal) A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.
13. •
    (informal) A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.
14. •
    (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. — 1896
15. •
    (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. — 2014
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. •
    (slang, offensive) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
18. •
    (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
19. •
    (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.