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Meaning of slick
noun
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil. Example: Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. Example: You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
- A helicopter.
verb
- To make slick. Example: The surface had been slicked.
adjective
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. Example: His large round head was shaved slick.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated. Example: They read all kinds of slick magazines.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. Example: That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
- (often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy. Example: Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
- Extraordinarily great or special. Example: That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!
noun
- The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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