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adjective
1.
smooth and glossy; sleek.
2.
smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
3.
sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right.
4.
ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work.
5.
EXPANDslippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
6.
deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction.
7.
COLLAPSESlang. wonderful; remarkable; first-rate.
noun
8.
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
9.
Informal.
a.
a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish.
b.
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.
c.
such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content. Compare pulp (def. 6).
10.
any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
11.
Automotive. a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
12.
Military Slang. a helicopter.
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is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
adverb
13.
smoothly; cleverly.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English slike (adj.); cognate with dialectal Dutch sleek even, smooth; akin to slick2
1300–50; Middle English slike (adj.); cognate with dialectal Dutch sleek even, smooth; akin to slick2
Related forms
slick·ly, adverb
slick·ness, noun
Synonyms
3. wily, tricky, foxy, sharp.
3. wily, tricky, foxy, sharp.
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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 followed 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 inches (5 cm) wide.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English slicken (v.), Old English slician; akin to Old Norse slīkja to give a gloss to
before 900; Middle English slicken (v.), Old English slician; akin to Old Norse slīkja to give a gloss to
Related forms
un·slicked, adjective
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Word Origin & History
slick
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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