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slick
[ slik ]
adjective
- smooth and glossy; sleek.
- smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
- sly; shrewdly adroit:
He's a slick customer, all right.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- ingenious; cleverly devised:
a slick plan to get out of work.
- slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
- deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial:
a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction.
noun
- a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it:
oil slick.
- Informal.
- a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish.
- such a magazine regarded as possessing qualities, as expensiveness, chic, and sophistication, that hold appeal for a particular readership, as one whose members enjoy or are seeking affluence.
- such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content. Compare pulp ( def 6 ).
- any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) wide.
- any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
- Automotive. a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
- Military Slang. a helicopter.
- Metallurgy. a small trowel used for smoothing the surface of a mold.
adverb
- smoothly; cleverly.
verb (used with object)
- to make sleek or smooth.
- to use a slicker on (skins or hides).
- Informal. to spruce up; make smart or fine (usually followed by up ).
slick
/ ɪ /
adjective
- flattering and glib
a slick salesman
- adroitly devised or executed
a slick show
- informal.shrewd; sly
- informal.superficially attractive
a slick publication
- smooth and glossy; slippery
noun
- a slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
- a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
- the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads
verb
- to make smooth or sleek
- informal.usually foll by up to smarten or tidy (oneself)
- often foll by up to make smooth or glossy
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
- ܲ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slick1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slick1
Example Sentences
Will the Switch 2's slick nostalgia hit provide that?
Wandering the beach at sunrise, they discover an oil slick studded with penguin carcasses.
“I thought that was pretty slick,” Johnson says with a laugh.
Seven-time champion Hamilton was leading on lap 46 but only because Ferrari had made the wrong decision to stay out on dry-weather slick tyres as a heavy shower hit the track.
It's "slick but dismally soulless", declared the Hollywood Reporter, while the New York Times called it "obvious, garish and just plain dumb".
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