Overview of noun slick

The noun slick has 4 senses

• slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip -- (a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller")


• slick, slick magazine, glossy -- (a magazine printed on good quality paper)


• slick -- (a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water)


• slick -- (a trowel used to make a surface slick)

Overview of verb slick

The verb slick has 2 senses

• slick, sleek -- (make slick or smooth)


• slick, slick down, sleek down -- (give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair")

Overview of adj slick

The adj slick has 4 senses

• 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")


• glib, pat, slick -- (having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial")


• 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")


• 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")