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slick

2  [slik]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make sleek or smooth.
2. to use a slicker on (skins or hides).
3. Informal. to make smart or fine; spruce up (usually fol. by up).
–noun
4. Metallurgy. a small trowel used for smoothing the surface of the mold.
5. any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 in. (5 cm) wide.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME slicken (v.), OE slician; akin to ON slīkja to give a gloss to
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slick

  1. mod.
    clever; glib. : His talk is slick, but his action is zotz.
  2. mod.
    excellent. : That is a slick idea.
  3. n.
    a high-quality magazine printed on slick [coated] paper. : The slicks are all carrying ads for products and services that couldn't even be mentioned a few years ago.
  4. n.
    a racing tire. (Auto racing.) : That set of wheels has slicks. I wonder why.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slick  (v.)
O.E. -slician (attested in nigslicod "newly made sleek"), from P.Gmc. *slikojanan, from base *slikaz (cf. O.N. slikr "smooth," O.H.G. slihhan, Ger. schleichen "to creep, crawl, sneak," Du. slijk "mud, mire"), from PIE *sleig- "to smooth, glide, be muddy," from base *(s)lei- "slimy" (cf. O.E. lim "birdlime;" L. limus "slime," linere "to anoint;" Skt. linati "sticks, stays"). The adj. is first attested c.1300, "smooth, glossy, sleek" (of skin or hair); sense of "clever in deception" is first recorded 1599.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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