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slick
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noun
(= slickness)
a slippery smoothness
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
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adjective
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
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noun
a trowel used to make a surface slick
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noun
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
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noun
a magazine printed on good quality paper
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verb
give a smooth and glossy appearance
slick one's hair
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verb
make slick or smooth
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adjective
(= glib)
having only superficial plausibility
glib promises
a slick commercial
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adjective
(= satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike)
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
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adjective
(= cunning, foxy, sly, 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
rick
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verb
pile in ricks
rick hay
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noun
(= wrick)
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)
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noun
(= haystack)
a stack of hay
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verb
(= twist, sprain, wrench, turn)
twist suddenly so as to sprain
wrench one's ankle
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days