Informal. to make smart or fine; spruce up (usually followed by up).
noun
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Metallurgy. a small trowel used for smoothing the surface of the mold.
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any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
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Slickedis always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
1626, a kind of cosmetic, from slick (v.). Meaning "smooth place on the surface of water caused by oil, etc." is attested from 1849. Meaning "a swindler, clever person" is attested from 1959.
mod. clever; glib. : His talk is slick, but his action is zotz.
mod. excellent. : That is a slick idea.
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.
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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