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adjective (comparative slick·er, superlative slick·est) |
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1. slippery: having a smooth, glossy, or slippery surface
  a slick runway
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2. crafty: clever and resourceful but not entirely trustworthy
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3. glib: superficially impressive or persuasive but lacking substance or sincerity
a slick sales pitch
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4. effortless: done with great skill and apparently effortless ease and smooth continuity, or able to do things in this way
a slick presentation
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5. suave: smooth or refined in manners or behavior
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noun (plural slicks) |
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1. slippery patch: a thinly spread or slippery patch of something, especially of oil floating on water
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2. treadless tire: a wide treadless tire used in auto racing
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3. publishing expensive magazine: a magazine, especially a fashion magazine, containing high-quality color photographs, printed on smooth-coated paper
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4. aviation military unarmed aircraft: an aircraft carrying no armaments
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transitive verb (past and past participle slicked, present participle slick·ing, 3rd person present singular slicks) |
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smooth something: to make something smooth, glossy, or presentable
He wears his hair slicked back.
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| [14th century. Ultimately < Indo-European, "slippery"] |
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| slick·ly adverb |
| slick·ness noun |
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