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slick

/slɪk/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Slick means: marked by skill in deception.

Synonyms for slick34

noun, as in a slippery smoothness

slickness, slipperiness, slip

noun, as in a magazine printed on good quality paper

slick magazine, glossy

verb, as in give a smooth and glossy appearance

slick down, sleek down

verb, as in make slick or smooth

sleek

adjective, as in marked by skill in deception

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, artful

adjective, as in having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, bright

adjective, as in superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

facile, neat, superficial

adjective, as in having only superficial plausibility

glib, pat, plausible

adjective, as in made slick by e.g. ice or grease

slippery, slippy

also used for slick

slick tire, slick tyre

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What does slick mean?11

adjective

1

marked by skill in deception“cunning men often pass for wise”

2

having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk“satiny gardenia petals”

3

superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject“too facile a solution for so complex a problem”

4

having only superficial plausibility“glib promises”

5

made slick by e.g. ice or grease“sidewalks slick with ice”

noun

1

a slippery smoothness“he could feel the slickness of the tiller”

2

a magazine printed on good quality paper

3

a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

4

a trowel used to make a surface slick

verb

1

give a smooth and glossy appearance“slick one's hair”

2

make slick or smooth

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with slick?23

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Slick in a sentence

  • The statues in the museum courtyard were slick with rain.casaniere
  • The candidate mounted a slick if not substantial campaign, winning a convincing victory at the polls.sundown
  • I’ll just slick my hair back.Eccles17
  • That looks like an oil slick.CK
  • Watch out for that oil slick.CK
  • That was a pretty slick move.CK
  • The street was slick with rain.Lumi
  • If I don't wash my hair for a day, it becomes slick with oil and flat.blay_paul

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of slick

as a noun

plural
slicks

as a verb

third-person singular
slicks
present participle
slicking
past participle
slicked
past tense
slicked

as a adjective

comparative
slicker
superlative
slickest