Definition of slick Slick
/slɪˈk/ - [slik] - slick
We found 29 definitions of slick from 6 different sources.
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What does slick mean?
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NounPlural: slicks |
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| slick - a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | ||
| film a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust" | ||
| slick - a trowel used to make a surface slick | ||
| slick - a magazine printed on good quality paper | ||
| slick magazine, glossy | ||
| slick - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" | ||
| slickness, slipperiness, slip | ||
| smoothness the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified" | ||
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| slick - give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" | ||
| slick down, sleek down | ||
| comb out, comb, disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" | ||
| slick - make slick or smooth | ||
| sleek | ||
| polish, smooth, smoothen, shine bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" | ||
Adjectiveslick, slicker, slickest |
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| slick - made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil" | ||
| slippy, slippery causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" | ||
| slick - marked by skill in deception; "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" | ||
| crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | ||
| artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" | ||
| slick - having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" | ||
| satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike | ||
| bright full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" | ||
| slick - having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" | ||
| glib, pat | ||
| plausible apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- slick (Noun)
A covering of liquid, particularly oil. - slick (Noun)
A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. - slick (Noun)
A helicopter. - slick (Noun)
A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. - slick (Noun)
A wide paring chisel used in joinery. - slick (Verb)
To make slick. - slick (Adjective)
Slippery due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. - slick (Adjective)
Appearing expensive or sophisticated. - slick (Adjective)
Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. - slick (Adjective)
Clever, making an apparently hard task easy; often used sarcastically. - slick (Adjective)
Extraordinarily great or special.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- slick (n.)
See Schlich. - slick (a.)
Sleek; smooth. - slick (v. t.)
To make sleek or smoth. - slick (n.)
A wide paring chisel.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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slick
slik, adj. smooth: smooth-tongued: dexterous in movement or action.—adv. in a smooth manner, deftly. [Sleek] -
slick
slik, n. ore finely powdered. [Ger. schlich.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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slick
Smooth. This is usually called an Americanism, but is a very old sea-term. In the Book for Boys and Girls, 1686, it is aptly illustrated: "The mole's a creature very smooth and slick, She digs i' th' dirt, but 'twill not on her stick."
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