Slick

Adjective

 * 1) Slippery due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
 * This rain is making the roads slick.
 * The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
 * 1) Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
 * They read all kinds of slick magazines.


 * 1) Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
 * That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
 * 1) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy; often used sarcastically.
 * Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
 * That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Extraordinarily great or special.
 * That is one slick bicycle, it has all sorts of features!

Noun

 * 1) A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
 * Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
 * The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
 * 1)  A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
 * You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A helicopter.
 * 2)  A camera ready image to be used by a printer.  The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
 * The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.

Synonyms

 * slick tire, slick tyre

Verb

 * 1) To make slick
 * The surface had been slicked.

Derived terms

 * slicker
 * slicken
 * slick back

Thesaurus
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Adjective

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 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian: ловкий, ,


 * Spanish: astuto

Noun

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 * Russian: разлив, ,
 * Spanish: marea negra
 * Russian: разлив, ,
 * Spanish: marea negra


 * Finnish: sileä rengas,


 * Russian: слик

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