slick
1. a slippery smoothness (Freq. 1)
- he could feel the slickness of the tiller
• Syn:
slickness, slipperiness, slip
• Derivationally related forms:
slippy (for: slip), slippery (for: slipperiness), slick (for: slickness)
• Hypernyms:
smoothness
2. a magazine printed on good quality paper
• Syn:
slick magazine, glossy
• Hypernyms:
magazine, mag
3. a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
• Hypernyms:
film
• Hyponyms:
oil slick
4. a trowel used to make a surface slick
• Hypernyms:
trowel
1. make slick or smooth
• Syn:
sleek
• Hypernyms:
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. give a smooth and glossy appearance
- slick one's hair
• Syn:
slick down, sleek down
• Hypernyms:
comb, comb out, disentangle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They slick their hair
1. 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
• Similar to:
slippery, slippy
• Derivationally related forms:
slickness
2. 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
• Syn:
satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike
• Similar to:
bright
• Derivationally related forms:
slickness, silk (for: silky), silkiness (for: silky), sleekness (for: sleek), satin (for: satiny)
3. having only superficial plausibility
- glib promises
- a slick commercial
• Syn:
glib, pat
• Similar to:
plausible
• Derivationally related forms:
slickness, glibness (for: glib)
4. 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
• Syn:
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful,
knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
• Similar to:
artful
• Derivationally related forms:
wile (for: wily), wiliness (for: wily), trickiness (for: tricky), trick (for: tricky), trick (for: tricksy), slyness (for: sly), slickness, fox (for: foxy), foxiness (for: foxy), dodge (for: dodgy), craft (for: crafty), craftiness (for: crafty)
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