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English Dictionary: slick	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for slick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slick adj 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" having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" Synonym(s): glib, pat, 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" Synonym(s): satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick 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" Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily n a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" Synonym(s): slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip a magazine printed on good quality paper Synonym(s): slick, slick magazine, glossy a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water a trowel used to make a surface slick v make slick or smooth Synonym(s): slick, sleek give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" Synonym(s): slick, slick down, sleek down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Schlich \[d8]Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slick \Slick\, n. A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek. The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest. --The Century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.) See {Schlich}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slick \Slick\, a. [See {Sleek}.] Sleek; smooth. [bd]Both slick and dainty.[b8] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slick \Slick\, v. t. To make sleek or smoth. [bd]Slicked all with sweet oil.[b8] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slick \Slick\, n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Slick, OK (town, FIPS 68000) Location: 35.77644 N, 96.26657 W Population (1990): 124 (62 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)