Sekirov Dictionary

slicker

UK /ˈslɪkə/US /ˈslɪkɚ/

noun 8
verb 5
forms 3

noun8

A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
(slang) A swindler or conman.
A waterproof coat or jacket.
One who or that which slicks.
A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
Synonym of slicker brush

verb5

•
To con or hoodwink.
- I knew he had been slickered again. — 1979
•
To use a slicker on.
- ...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent. — 1911
•
To smooth or slick.
- Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me. — 2008
•
To slither, as on a slick surface.
- I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them. — 2013
To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

forms

slickered · slickering · slickers

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