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Definitions for Slickness

[1] smooth and glossy; sleek.
[2] smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
[3] sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right.
[4] ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work.
[5] slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
[6] 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.
[7] Slang . wonderful; remarkable; first-rate.
[8] a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
[9] 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) .
[10] any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
[11] Automotive . a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
[12] Military Slang . a helicopter.
[13] smoothly; cleverly.
[14] to make sleek or smooth.
[15] to use a slicker on (skins or hides).
[16] Informal . to make smart or fine; spruce up (usually followed by up ).
[17] Metallurgy . a small trowel used for smoothing the surface of the mold.
[18] any woodworking chisel having a blade more than 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
[19] flattering and glib a slick salesman
[20] adroitly devised or executed a slick show
[21] informal , mainly US and Canadian shrewd; sly
[22] informal superficially attractive a slick publication
[23] mainly US and Canadian smooth and glossy; slippery
[24] a slippery area, esp a patch of oil floating on water
[25] a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
[26] the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads
[27] mainly US and Canadian to make smooth or sleek
[28] US and Canadian informal (usually foll by up) to smarten or tidy (oneself)
[29] (often foll by up) to make smooth or glossy

Words related to Slickness

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

Words nearby Slickness

slickslice, slice bar, slice of the pie, slice-of-life, slicer, slick, slick as a whistle, slicken, slickenside, slicker, slickrock

Origin of Slickness

2before 900; Middle English slicken (v.), Old English slician; akin to Old Norse slīkja to give a gloss to

Other words from Slickness

slick·ly , adverb
slick·ness , noun
un·slicked , adjective

Word origin for Slickness

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

Synonyms for Slickness

artifice, cunning, foxiness, guile, wiliness, caginess, canniness