Sekirov Dictionary

slick

/slɪk/

noun 11
adjective 6
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 4

noun11

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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.
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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.
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(slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- a slick doesn’t really give you anything except the satisfaction of owning it, while the hole gives you satisfaction if actually being able to see something — 2021
Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
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(slang) A glossy magazine.
- Many of the stories in SSB [Sex Behind Bars] first appeared in gay slicks, Mandate, Honcho, First Hand, et al. — 1981
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
(US, slang) A helicopter.
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A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.
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(slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- I spent two fucking days locked up in that hotel room, miserable and hating myself and drenched in my own slick! — 2017
(US, old-fashioned) A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion.

adjective6

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Slippery or smooth 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.
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Sleek; smooth.
- Both slick and dainty. — 1611
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Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
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Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- They read all kinds of slick magazines.
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Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
- That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
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(US) Extraordinarily great or special.
- That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!

verb1

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To make slick.
- The surface had been slicked.

forms

slicked · slicking · slicks · slicker · slickest

Phrases with slick

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