slick English

Meaning slick meaning

What does slick mean?

slick

— noun (= slickness) a slippery smoothness he could feel the slickness of the tiller

— 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

— noun a trowel used to make a surface slick

— noun a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

— noun a magazine printed on good quality paper

— verb give a smooth and glossy appearance slick one's hair

— verb make slick or smooth

— adjective (= glib) having only superficial plausibility glib promises a slick commercial

— 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

— 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

Synonyms slick synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as slick?

slick English » English

slippery

smooth

sleek

glossy

sly

cunning

silky

crafty

viscous

tricky

slipperiness

slip

glib

dexterous

adroit

wily

tricksy

smart

slithery

slither

slickness

slicker

slick magazine

slick down

sleek down

skillful

skilful

silklike

silken

shrewd

satiny

pat

oily

knavish

handy

guileful

great at

foxy

evasive

elusive

dodgy

dextrous

deft

bright

unseamed

unlined

unfurrowed

trite

trenchant

treachery

Topics slick topics

What do people use slick to talk about?

Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Oil

• What words describe oil?
  oily greasy slippery slick slimy smooth lubricating fatty gummy mucous soapy
• What words refer to some oil on something?
  drop of oil oil slick blob glob soap (v)
• What words refer to putting oil on something?
  lubricate lubrication lube oil (v) anoint rub salve slick smear grease (v)

Examples slick examples

How do I use slick in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Don't swallow that slick propaganda.

Movie subtitles

I'll put that slick gigolo husband of Mimi's here.

Yeah, wasn't he slick about that?

His shell is slick.

Young man, I don't want any more slick remarks out of you.

Nice racy hulls, slick paint job.

You think you know what you're doing, but you're too slick for your own good.

We'll slick him up a mite.

A slick home wrecker.

A slick way of getting guns in here without the sheriff's suspicion.

So you take plot 27 A, make it glossy and slick?

It looks like an oil slick.

Oh, that's mighty slick.

Pretty slick.

It's slick.

Seven years I've been married to him and. he's so slick he hasn't been out of the can to finish our honeymoon.

Phil was trying to pull a trick that's too slick for his own good. so I come over here to head him off.

He's slick.

You know, she is a pretty slick number and I understand her heart didn't exactly belong to Benny.

So you take plot 27-A, make it glossy, make it slick.

I said it's slick.

But put your chains on. Still awful slick.

And, oh, I figured that a bit of hot tea would do her good, and downstairs I go to make it, and who should be waiting for her here in the hall but that slick-lookin' dude.

When you're 17 and the world's beautiful facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to parties.

That was pretty slick, Ed.

Maybe too much. - Pretty slick. It's simple.

No, he'll have slid on the puddles because of slick tires.

The road's cleared. But put your chains on. Still awful slick.

Oil slick to port.

News and current affairs

Is Hungary's slick young prime minister, Viktor Orban, poised to end all that?

The influence of these slick new populists, waging their war on Islam, goes well beyond their countries' borders.

I do not mean the slick books and television advertisements that are produced for their campaigns.

It is an absurd charge, but absurd charges can curry public support if presented in a slick, well-funded format.

This slick alliance of corrupt state officials and self-serving company executives, anxious to keep the petrodollars flowing, is still in place.