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   Slick

   /slik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of an action or thing) done or operating in an impressively smooth, efficient, and apparently effortless way: "a slick piece of software" Similar efficientsmoothsmooth-runningpolishedwell organizedwell runstreamlinedskillfuldeftadroitdexterousmasterlyprofessionalcleversmartsharpshrewdOpposite amateurishclumsyinexpert
   • ▪ smooth and superficially impressive but insincere or shallow: "the brands are backed by slick advertising" Similar glibsmoothfluentplausibleneatpatsuperficialdisingenuousinsincerespeciousmeretriciousshallowOpposite profoundthoughtful
   • 2. (of skin or hair) smooth and glossy: "a dandy-looking dude with a slick black ponytail" Similar shinyglossyshiningsleeksmoothsilkysilkenoiledplastered downBrylcreemed
   • ▪ (of a surface) smooth, wet, and slippery: "she tumbled back against the slick, damp wall" Similar slipperyslitherywetgreasyoilyicyglassysmoothinformal:slippyskiddyrare:lubriciousOpposite dryrough

   noun

   • 1. an oil slick: "the slick is a serious threat to marine life"
   • 2. a small smear or patch of a glossy or wet substance, especially a cosmetic: "a slick of lip balm"
   • 3. a race car or bicycle tire without a tread, for use in dry weather conditions: "Hunt's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgment about when to change his wet tires to slicks"
   • 4. a glossy magazine: informal North American "writing for any of the so-called slicks was considered selling out"
   • 5. a person who is smooth and persuasive but untrustworthy. informal, derogatory North American

   verb

   • 1. make (one's hair) flat, smooth, and glossy by applying water, oil, or cream to it: "his damp hair was slicked back"
   • ▪ cover with a film of liquid; make wet or slippery: "she woke to find her body slicked with sweat"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘glossy’ and ‘make smooth or glossy’): probably from Old English and related to Old Norse slíkr ‘smooth’; compare with sleek.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slickly adverb
   • 2. slickness noun

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