Definitions for slick

Overview of noun slick

The noun slick has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip

(a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller")

2. slick, slick magazine, glossy

(a magazine printed on good quality paper)

3. slick

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

4. slick

(a trowel used to make a surface slick)

Overview of verb slick

The verb slick has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. slick, sleek

(make slick or smooth)

2. 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? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. 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")

2. glib, pat, slick

(having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial")

3. 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")

4. 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")