well-oiled

[wel-oild] /ˈwɛlˈɔɪld/

adjective

operating with efficiency:

a well-oiled department.

Slang. drunk.

Origin

1730-40

Examples from the web for well-oiled

When private demand suddenly plunges, it helps to have a well-oiled machinery of state that can quickly step in.
Such incentives and penalties should only be considered once electronic filing is a well-oiled process.
For their latest project, the well-oiled team is testing machine vision on a commercial apple-sorting line.
Many teachers have a highly developed capacity for meshing their different time requirements into a well-oiled routine.
She noted that she got here about four years ago and it was a well-oiled machine then.
Place fish in a single layer in a well-oiled baking dish.
And all the guns and rifles were well-oiled and in working condition.

British Dictionary definitions for well-oiled

adjective

(well oiled when postpositive) (informal) drunk

Slang definitions & phrases for well-oiled

adjective

Drunk: He happened to be well-oiled, as was usually the case (1900s+)