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| 1. | [ noun ] a slippery smoothness | |
| Synonyms: | slipperiness slip slickness | |
| Examples: | "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" |
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| Related terms: | smoothness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having a smooth, gleaming surface | |
| Synonyms: | sleek silky satin silken satiny silklike glossy | |
| Examples: | "glossy auburn hair" "satiny gardenia petals" "sleek black fur" "silken eyelashes" "silky skin" "a silklike fabric" "slick seals and otters" |
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| Related terms: | smooth | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
| Examples: | "sidewalks slick with ice" "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil" |
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| Related terms: | slippery | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make slick or smooth | |
| Synonyms: | sleek | |
| Related terms: | polish slickness | |
| 5. | [ verb ] give a smooth and glossy appearance, as to one's hair | |
| Synonyms: | sleek_down slick_down | |
| Related terms: | comb slickness | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] marked by skill in deception | |
| Synonyms: | sly crafty wily tricksy guileful foxy knavish tricky dodgy cunning | |
| Examples: | "cunning men often pass for wise" "deep political machinations" "a foxy scheme" "a slick evasive answer" "sly as a fox" "tricky Dick" "a wily old attorney" |
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| Related terms: | artful | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] having only superficial plausibility | |
| Synonyms: | pat glib | |
| Examples: | "glib promises" "a slick commercial" |
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| Related terms: | plausible | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (writing,news) a magazine printed on good quality paper | |
| Synonyms: | slick_magazine | |
| Related terms: | magazine | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | |
| Related terms: | film oil_slick | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11305 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a trowel used to make a surface slick | |
| Related terms: | trowel | |
| Similar spelling: |
Slack slacks slice sleek Slask slake sluice sleigh sls Slowik |
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