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Definition of 'slick'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) slick
smooth and glossy; sleek.

2.  slick
smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.

3.  slick
sly; shrewdly adroit.

4.  slick
ingenious; cleverly devised.

5.  slick
slippery, esp. from being covered with or as if with ice or oil.

6.  slick
deftly executed and having surface appeal but shallow or glib in content:
slick writing.

7.  slick
Slang. wonderful; remarkable; first-rate.

8. (n.) slick
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it:
an oil slick.

9.  slick
Informal. a chic or sophisticated magazine printed on paper with a more or less glossy finish.

10. (adv.) slick
smoothly; cleverly.

11. (v.t.) slick
to make sleek or smooth.

12.  slick
Informal. to make smart or spruce (usu. fol. by up).

13. (n.) slick
any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 in. (5 cm) wide.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME sliken (v.), late OE -slician; akin to ON slīkja to give a gloss to)

Definition of 'slick'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip
a slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

2. (noun) slick, slick magazine, glossy
a magazine printed on good quality paper

3. (noun) slick
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

4. (adj) slick
a trowel used to make a surface slick

5. (adj) slick
made slick by e.g. ice or grease
"sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"

6. (adj) glib, pat, slick
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

7. (adj) satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
"glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

8. (verb) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

9. (verb) slick, sleek
make slick or smooth

10. (verb) slick, slick down, sleek down
give a smooth and glossy appearance
"slick one's hair"

Definition of 'slick'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) slick
wet and slippery
The roads were slick during the storm.

2. slick
looking or sounding too good to be true
slick advertising; a slick car salesman

Definition of 'slick'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) slick
sleek; smooth

2. (noun) slick
see Schlich

3. (noun) slick
a wide paring chisel

4. (verb) slick
to make sleek or smoth

Translation of 'slick'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: clever especially in a sly or dishonest way; smart That was a very slick move!
Afrikaans: skelm, slim, vindingryk	Arabic: ماكِر وذَكي	Bulgarian: изкусен
Brazilian: astuto	Czech: mazaný	German: geschickt
Danish: lovlig smart	Greek: έξυπνος, επιτήδειος	Spanish: mañoso
Estonian: (kuri)kaval, riukalik	Farsi: ماهر	Finnish: lipevä
French: rusé	Hebrew: חֲלַקלַק	Hindi: चालाक, चतुर
Croatian: gladak, spretan	Hungarian: ravasz	Indonesian: licik
Icelandic: snjall, slyngur	Italian: abile, astuto	Japanese: 巧みな
Korean: 교묘한	Lithuanian: gudrus, suktas	Latvian: veikls; viltīgs; glums
Malay: licik	Dutch: glad	Norwegian: glatt, sleip
Polish: chytry	Persian: ماهر	Pashto: هوښیار
Portuguese: astuto	Romanian: isteţ; abil	Russian: хитрый, ловкий
Slovak: prefíkaný	Slovenian: premeten	Serbian: spretan
Swedish: smart, slug, snygg	Thai: ซึ่งมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม	Turkish: ustalıklı, marifetli, akı
Taiwanese: 狡猾的，巧妙地，聰明地	Ukrainian: спритний; хитрий	Urdu: ماہرانہ، صفائی
Vietnamese: khéo léo, nhanh nhẹn	Chinese: 花言巧语的，圆滑的
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