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slick

• (s) 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
• (s) having only superficial plausibility
  • glib promises
  • a slick commercial
  pat, glib,
• (s) 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
  satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek,
• (s) 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
  crafty, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, wily, cunning, dodgy, tricky,

Nouns

• (n) a slippery smoothness
  • he could feel the slickness of the tiller
  slipperiness, slickness, slip,
• (n) a magazine printed on good quality paper glossy, slick magazine,
• (n) a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
• (n) a trowel used to make a surface slick

Verbs

• (v) make slick or smooth sleek,
• (v) give a smooth and glossy appearance
  • slick one's hair
  sleek down, slick down,

Synonyms

sleek slipperiness slickness slip glossy slick magazine sleek down slick down pat glib satiny silken silklike silky crafty foxy guileful knavish sly tricksy wily cunning dodgy tricky

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