slick

adj., slick·er, slick·est.

1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice. See synonyms at sleek.
2. Deftly executed; adroit: "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water" (Tallulah Bankhead).
3. Shrewd; wily.
4. Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style. See synonyms at glib.

n.

1. A smooth or slippery surface or area.
2. 1. A floating film of oil.
   2. A trail of floating material: a garbage slick.
3. An implement used to make a surface slick, especially a chisel used for smoothing and polishing.
4. Informal. A magazine, usually of large popular readership, printed on high-quality glossy paper.
5. A racing automobile tire with a smooth tread.
6. Slang. An unarmed military aircraft, especially a helicopter.

tr.v., slicked, slick·ing, slicks.

1. To make smooth, glossy, or oily.
2. Informal. To make neat, trim, or tidy: slicked themselves up for the camera.

[Middle English slike, from Old English *slice. V., Middle English sliken, from Late Old English -slīcian, -slȳcian (in nīgslȳcod, freshly smoothed).]

slickly slick'ly adv.
slickness slick'ness n.

(Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC.

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High-quality, camera-ready proof of an advertisement printed on glossy paper, which is sent to newspapers and magazines for reproduction. See also enamel proof; reproduction proof.

also slick up

adjective

1. So smooth and glassy as to offer insecure hold or footing: lubricious, slippery, slithery. Idioms: slippery as an eel. See smooth/rough.
2. Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance: adroit, clever, deft, dexterous, facile, handy, nimble. See ability/inability.
3. Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters: astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, smart, wise¹. Informal savvy. See ability/inability, careful/careless.
4. Characterized by ready but often insincere or superficial discourse: facile, glib, smooth-tongued. See surface/depth, words.

phrasal verb - slick up

To make neat and trim; make presentable: clean (up), freshen (up), groom, neaten (up), spruce (up), tidy (up), trig (out), trim. See order/disorder.

adj

Definition: smart, clever
Antonyms: amateurish, clumsy, stupid, unclever, unintelligent, unsophisticated

adj

Definition: smooth, polished
Antonyms: coarse, dry, rough, unpolished

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(Vietnam) A Huey helicopter with the seats removed so that a larger number of combat troops could be transported (from the helicopter's slick deck).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glat, fedtet, smart, flot, elegant
n. - glat flade, olieplet, (sl.) upålidelig medarbejder, kulørt ugeblad
v. tr. - glatte, pomadisere, glatfrisere, pynte sig

idioms:

• slick down    komme pomade i håret

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgekiend, geolied, olievlek, gladjanus

Français (French)
adj. - lisse, brillant, glissant, habile, adroit, malin, rusé, superficiel (un style)
n. - nappe d'huile, plaque de neige, lissoir (de charpentier), magazine sur papier glacé, (Aut) pneu avec une adhérence lisse
v. tr. - rendre lisse/brillant, donner de l'éclat, (US) ranger (une chambre), nettoyer

idioms:

• slick down    lisser (ses cheveux), gominer (ses cheveux)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - clever, glatt, professionell
n. - Ölteppich
v. - glätten

idioms:

• slick down    anklatschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λείος, στιλπνός, γλιστερός, γλοιώδης, επιδέξιος, επιτήδειος, (καθομ.) τσίφτικος, φίνος, ραφινάτος, καταφερτζής, καπάτσος, ρίχτης, περιποιημένος, σένιος, μπάνικος, νόστιμος
n. - κηλίδα (λαδιού κ.λπ.), πετρελαιοκηλίδα, κομψευόμενος, (ΗΠΑ) πολυτελές περιοδικό (σε χαρτί ιλουστρασιόν), φαγωμένο ελαστικό αυτοκινήτου αγώνων
v. - λειαίνω, γυαλίζω, (καθομ.) σενιάρω

idioms:

• slick down    πατικώνω, κολλώ (τα μαλλιά μου)

Italiano (Italian)
chiazza, rivista al rotocalco, astuto

idioms:

• slick down    impomatare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escorregadio (m), macio (m), polido (m)
n. - pouco sincero (m), matreiro (m), sagaz, persuasivo (m)
v. - lustrar, amaciar, alisar, polir

idioms:

• slick down    alisar, amaciar

Русский (Russian)
скользкий, прилизанный, неискренний, ловкий, поверхностный, шаблонный, рассчитанный на массового читателя, прямо, быстро, полировать, приглаживать, стамеска, пленка (нефти на воде), популярный иллюстрированный журнал

idioms:

• slick down    прилизывать (волосы)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - capa de aceite, diestro, hábil, liso, resbaladizo
n. - capa de aceite, superficie resbaladiza, herramienta para alisar
v. tr. - alisar, pulir

idioms:

• slick down    alisar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glättad, driven, lättköpt, smart, förbindlig, sinnrik, ledig, fyndig, elegant, skicklig, slät, glansig
n. - slät fläck, hal fläck, oljefläck, elegant veckotidning, murslev
v. - släta till, jämna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
光滑的, 聪明的, 熟练的, 平滑的水面, 修光工具, 平滑器, 使光滑, 使漂亮

idioms:

• slick down    捋平, 使平服

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 光滑的, 聰明的, 熟練的
n. - 平滑的水面, 修光工具, 平滑器
v. tr. - 使光滑, 使漂亮

idioms:

• slick down    捋平, 使平服

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매끄러운, 교활한, 대중 적인
n. - 매끈매끈한 곳, 수면에 뜬 기름, 보기에 좋은 중고차
v. tr. - 반들반들하게 하다, 단정하게 하다, 숙달 시키다

idioms:

• slick down    (머리를 매끄러워지도록) 매만지다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 滑らかな, いやに愛想のいい, 巧妙な
n. - 豪華な雑誌
v. - 滑らかにする, きちんとする
adv. - 滑らかに, まともに

idioms:

• slick down    なで付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ماكر, بارع, مبتذل, صقيل, أملس (الاسم) أداة للتمليس أو ألصقل, مجله شعبيه صقيله ألورق (فعل) يملس, يصقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלק, חלקלק, פיקחי, ערמומי, מצויין, היישר, ישר, כליל‬
n. - ‮שכבת נפט (על הים), כתב-עת מצולם‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה לחלק, החליק (על שערו וכו')‬

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