SLICK
/slɪk/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 13
Definition
- verb make slick or smooth.
— synonyms: sleek
- verb give a smooth and glossy appearance.
— synonyms: slick_down, sleek_down
- noun a slippery smoothness.
— synonyms: slickness, slipperiness, slip
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper.
— synonyms: slick_magazine, glossy
- noun a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water.
- noun a trowel used to make a surface slick.
- adjective made slick by e.g. ice or grease.
- adjective superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject.
— synonyms: facile, neat
- adjective having only superficial plausibility.
— synonyms: glib, pat
- adjective having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
— synonyms: satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike
- adjective marked by skill in deception.
— synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy
Examples
- “Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.”
- “You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.”
- “The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.”
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