slicken
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪkən
Etymology 1
Verb
slicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)
- (transitive) To make slick.
- 2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star:
- Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *slikkon, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną.
Verb
slicken
- to swallow
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slicken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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