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slick
[slik]
adjective
smooth and glossy; sleek.
smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
sly; shrewdly adroit.
He's a slick customer, all right.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,ingenious; cleverly devised.
a slick plan to get out of work.
slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial.
a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction.
Slang.wonderful; fantastic; first-rate.
noun
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it.
oil slick.
Informal.
a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish.
such a magazine regarded as possessing qualities, as expensiveness, chic, and sophistication, that hold appeal for a particular readership, as one whose members enjoy or are seeking affluence.
such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content.
any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) wide.
any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
Automotive.a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
Military Slang.a helicopter.
Metallurgy.a small trowel used for smoothing the surface of a mold.
adverb
smoothly; cleverly.
verb (used with object)
to make sleek or smooth.
to use a slicker on (skins or hides).
Informal.to spruce up; make smart or fine (usually followed byup ).
slick
/ ɪ /
adjective
flattering and glib
a slick salesman
adroitly devised or executed
a slick show
informalshrewd; sly
informalsuperficially attractive
a slick publication
smooth and glossy; slippery
noun
a slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads
verb
to make smooth or sleek
informal(usually foll by up) to smarten or tidy (oneself)
(often foll by up) to make smooth or glossy
Other 51Թ Forms
- slickly adverb
- slickness noun
- unslicked adjective
- ˈ adverb
- ˈԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slick1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slick1
Example Sentences
In 1964, he got a job at the R&B station KSOL, where he brought the Beatles and Rolling Stones into the station’s playlist and showed off his slick patter.
Roch Cholowsky made a slick play in the seventh, fielding a hard ground ball to his left and throwing to first off-balance from behind second to help reliever Jack O’Connor toss a scoreless inning.
Pollard quickly matched Ford's second penalty, but a Rob du Preez score from a slick move and another three points from Ford brought the Sharks level to tee up a grand finale.
It’s a good rule in general: add a slick of oil and a hit of salt, and almost anything tilts savory.
"As the oil slick can reach anywhere along the Kerala coast, an alert has been sounded across the coastal belt," a statement from the chief minister's office said.
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