"slick" in the noun sense
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
"slick" in the verb sense
1. slick, sleek
make slick or smooth
2. slick, slick down, sleek down
give a smooth and glossy appearance
"slick one's hair"
"slick" in the adjective sense
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. facile, neat, slick
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
"too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
"it was a neat plan, but bound to fail"
"a slick advertising campaign"
3. glib, pat, slick
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"
"a slick commercial"
4. 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"
5. 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"
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