Noun

Singular greek

Plural greeks

greek (plural greeks)

1. Nonsense writing or talk; gibberish

Verb

Infinitive to greek

Third person singular greeks

Simple past greeked

Past participle greeked

Present participle greeking

to greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)

1. (computing) to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read
2. (computing) to fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content

Related terms

• it's all Greek to me

Greek (also, as a synonym: Hellenic) may refer to:

• pertaining to Greece (or specific earlier stages of its history:)
  • Ancient Greece
  • Roman Greece
  • Medieval Greece
  • Ottoman Greece
• Greeks, persons from Greece, or of Greek descent.
• Greek language, or more specifically:
  • Mycenaean Greek, (16th to 11th centuries BC)
  • Ancient Greek, (c. 1000–330 BC)
  • Koine Greek or Alexandrian, Hellenistic, Common, New Testament Greek, (c. 330 BC – 330 AD)
  • Medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek, (330–1453 AD)
  • Modern Greek, (from 1453 AD)
• Greek alphabet