slick

[Slick]

Slick means smooth or slippery, but it can also describe a smooth, effortless style. How did that Girl Scout talk you into buying so many boxes of cookies? It must have been her slick sales pitch.

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Sleek; smooth.

Noun
a trowel used to make a surface slick

Noun
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

Noun
a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

Noun
a magazine printed on good quality paper

Verb
give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one''s hair"

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Verb
make slick or smooth

Adjective S.
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 Dik"; "a wily old attorney"

Adjective S.
having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

n.
See Schlich.

a.
Sleek; smooth.

v. t.
To make sleek or smoth.

n.
A wide paring chisel.

Slick

Slick , a. [See Sleek.] Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.

Slick

Slick, v. t. To make sleek or smoth. "Slicked all with sweet oil." Chapman.

Slick

Slick, n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel.

Sleek; smooth.

To make sleek or smoth.

A wide paring chisel.

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Usage Examples

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

I've gone for each type: the rough guy the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.