slick
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪk
[edit] Adjective
slick (comparative slicker, superlative slickest)
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- Slippery due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- This rain is making the roads slick.
- The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- They read all kinds of slick magazines.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
- Clever, making an apparently hard task easy; often used sarcastically.
- Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
- That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- That is one slick bicycle, it has all sorts of features!
[edit] Translations
Appearing expensive or sophisticated
Extraordinarily great or special
[edit] Noun
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slick (plural slicks)
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
- The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
[edit] Synonyms
- (tyre): slick tire , slick tyre
[edit] Translations
A covering of liquid, particularly oil
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[edit] Verb
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to slick (third-person singular simple present slicks, present participle slicking, simple past and past participle slicked)
- To make slick
- The surface had been slicked.
- 2009 January 14, Melissa Clark, “Green, Gold and Pink: Fast, Easy and Delicious”, New York Times:
- So I slicked the broccoli with oil and seasonings and set it to roast.add
