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Definitions for Slicker

[1] a long, loose oilskin raincoat.
[2] any raincoat.
[3] Informal . a swindler; a sly cheat. city slicker.
[4] a tool, usually of stone or glass, for scraping, smoothing, and working tanning agents into a skin or hide.
[5] smooth and glossy; sleek.
[6] smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
[7] sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right.
[8] ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work.
[9] slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
[10] deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction.
[11] Slang . wonderful; remarkable; first-rate.
[12] a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
[13] Informal . a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish. such a magazine regarded as possessing qualities, as expensiveness, chic, and sophistication, that hold appeal for a particular readership, as one whose members enjoy or are seeking affluence. such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content. Compare pulp(def 6) .
[14] any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
[15] Automotive . a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
[16] Military Slang . a helicopter.
[17] smoothly; cleverly.
[18] informal a sly or untrustworthy person (esp in the phrase city slicker )
[19] US and Canadian a shiny raincoat, esp an oilskin
[20] a small trowel used for smoothing the surfaces of a mould
[21] flattering and glib a slick salesman
[22] adroitly devised or executed a slick show
[23] informal , mainly US and Canadian shrewd; sly
[24] informal superficially attractive a slick publication
[25] mainly US and Canadian smooth and glossy; slippery
[26] a slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
[27] a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
[28] the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads
[29] mainly US and Canadian to make smooth or sleek
[30] US and Canadian informal (usually foll by up) to smarten or tidy (oneself)
[31] (often foll by up) to make smooth or glossy

Words related to Slicker

sleek, icy, slippery, glossy, shiny, oily, greasy, glib, sly, deft, skillful, smooth, shrewd, sophisticated, sharp, knowing, professional, wise, quick, soapy

Words nearby Slicker

slicer, slick, slick as a whistle, slicken, slickenside, slicker, slickrock, slickster, slide, slide fastener, slide guitar

Origin of Slicker

11300–50; Middle English slike (adj.); cognate with dialectal Dutch sleek even, smooth; akin to slick2

Other words from Slicker

slick·ered , adjective
slick·ly , adverb
slick·ness , noun

Word origin for Slicker

C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic, Norwegian slikja to be or make smooth

Synonyms for Slicker

glossy, greasy, icy, oily, shiny, sleek, slippery, lubricious, oleaginous, sleeky, slithery, soapy