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SLICK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trowel used to make a surface slickplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):

trowel (a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A film of oil or garbage floating on top of waterplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):

film (a thin coating or layer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slick"):

oil slick (a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A slippery smoothnessplay

Example:

he could feel the slickness of the tiller

Synonyms:

slick; slickness; slip; slipperiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):

smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)

Derivation:

slick (give a smooth and glossy appearance)

slick (make slick or smooth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A magazine printed on good quality paperplay

Synonyms:

glossy; slick; slick magazine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):

mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)

 II. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: slicker  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: slickest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by skill in deceptionplay

Example:

a wily old attorney

Synonyms:

crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; wily

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

artful (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft)

Derivation:

slickness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)

slickness (verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting lightplay

Example:

slick seals and otters

Synonyms:

satiny; silken; silklike; silky; sleek; slick

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)

Derivation:

slickness (a slippery smoothness)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having only superficial plausibilityplay

Example:

a slick commercial

Synonyms:

glib; pat; slick

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

plausible (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing)

Derivation:

slickness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subjectplay

Example:

a slick advertising campaign

Synonyms:

facile; neat; slick

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

superficial (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Made slick by e.g. ice or greaseplay

Example:

roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

slippery; slippy (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)

Derivation:

slickness (a slippery smoothness)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a smooth and glossy appearanceplay

Example:

slick one's hair

Synonyms:

sleek down; slick; slick down

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "slick" is one way to...):

comb; comb out; disentangle (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They slick their hair


Derivation:

slick (a slippery smoothness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make slick or smoothplay

Synonyms:

sleek; slick

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "slick" is one way to...):

polish; shine; smooth; smoothen (make (a surface) shine)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

slick (a slippery smoothness)

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