Definitions for SLICK
slɪkslick

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slickness, slick, slipperiness, slipnoun

   a slippery smoothness

   "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"

2. slick, slick magazine, glossynoun

   a magazine printed on good quality paper

3. slicknoun

   a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

4. slickadjective

   a trowel used to make a surface slick

5. slickadjective

   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"

6. glib, pat, slickadjective

   having only superficial plausibility

   "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

7. satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slickadjective

   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"

8. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilyverb

   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"

9. slick, sleekverb

   make slick or smooth

10. slick, slick down, sleek downverb

    give a smooth and glossy appearance

    "slick one's hair"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slicknoun

   A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

2. slicknoun

   A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.

   You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.

3. slicknoun

   A helicopter.

4. slicknoun

   A camera ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.

   The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.

5. slickverb

   To make slick

   The surface had been slicked.

6. slickadjective

   Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.

   That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.

7. slickadjective

   Slippery due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

   That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.

8. slickadjective

   Clever, making an apparently hard task easy; often used sarcastically.

   They read all kinds of slick magazines.

9. slickadjective

   Appearing expensive or sophisticated.

   They read all kinds of slick magazines.

10. slickadjective

    Extraordinarily great or special.

    That is one slick bicycle, it has all sorts of features!

11. Slicknoun

    A term of address, generally applied to males, possibly including strangers, implying that the person addressed is slick in the sense of "sophisticated", but often used sarcastically.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slickadjective

   Etymology: slickt, Dutch.

   Glass attracts but weakly; some slick stones, and thick glasses indifferently. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slick

   Slick refers to something that is smooth and glossy, often implying slipperiness. It can also mean something done or performed in a skillful, clever or efficient manner. In more informal usage, slick can refer to someone who is suave, polished or persuasive, often with a slight negative connotation of deceitfulness or lack of sincerity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slicknoun

   see Schlich

2. Slickadjective

   sleek; smooth

3. Slickverb

   to make sleek or smoth

4. Slicknoun

   a wide paring chisel

5. Etymology: [See Sleek.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slick

   Slick is the name of two fictional comic book characters in the Marvel Universe. One is a demon and the other is a mutant and former student of the Xavier Institute.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slick

   slik, adj. smooth: smooth-tongued: dexterous in movement or action.—adv. in a smooth manner, deftly. [Sleek]

2. Slick

   slik, n. ore finely powdered. [Ger. schlich.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slick

   Smooth. This is usually called an Americanism, but is a very old sea-term. In the Book for Boys and Girls, 1686, it is aptly illustrated: "The mole's a creature very smooth and slick, She digs i' th' dirt, but 'twill not on her stick."

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SLICK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Slick is ranked #16856 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Slick surname appeared 1,693 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Slick.
   
   91.1% or 1,543 total occurrences were White.
   4.6% or 78 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2% or 35 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Film
   • Magazine
   • Smoothness

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Anagrams for SLICK »

1. licks

How to pronounce SLICK?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SLICK in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SLICK in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SLICK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of SLICK in a Sentence

1. Stevie Nicks:

   I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

2. Vanna Bonta:

   People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

3. Tallulah Bankhead:

   I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

4. State Police Sgt. Glen Fifield:

   Cars are reportedly crashing like' ping-pong balls' at crash scenes. Once one vehicle crashes, it's resulting in secondary crashes at the same location, please reconsider your necessity for travel this evening in #NWI as the roads are extremely slick. Especially bridges and overpasses.

5. John Eric Goff:

   If someone lets a bit of air out of it, it’s going to be a little less massive – it slows down a little bit faster with a little less air than it would do otherwise, the benefit that you would gain from being able to grip the ball in a slick situation outweighs the slight deceleration increase.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SLICK
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Slick
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SLICK
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SLICK
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=SLICK
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SLICK
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=SLICK
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=SLICK