Definition of slickest in English

Part of speech

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slickest, adjective, superlative of slick.

WordNet

Noun Plural: slicks
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"
Verb slicks, slicking, slicked
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"
Adjective slick, slicker, slickest
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 📕

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 ⛵

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."