English dictionary
slick
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- marked by skill in deception
adjective
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
adjective
- having only superficial plausibility
adjective
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
adjective
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
noun
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
noun
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
noun
- a slippery smoothness
noun
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
verb
- give a smooth and glossy appearance
verb
- make slick or smooth
Example sentences
cunning men often pass for wise
a foxy scheme
a slick evasive answer
sly as a fox
tricky Dick
satiny gardenia petals
sleek black fur
silken eyelashes
silky skin
a silklike fabric
glib promises
a slick commercial
too facile a solution for so complex a problem
it was a neat plan, but bound to fail
a slick advertising campaign
sidewalks slick with ice
roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
slick one's hair