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slick

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) slick (verb)
  2. 2) slick (adjective)
  3. 3) slick (noun)
  4. slick-ear (noun)
  5. slick spot (noun)
  6. oil slick (noun)

1slick

verb \ˈslik\

Definition of SLICK

transitive verb
: to make sleek or smooth
intransitive verb
: spruce —usually used with up
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Examples of SLICK

  1. The rain slicked the roads.
  2. <slicking the bottom of their skis with wax>

Origin of SLICK

Middle English sliken, from Old English *slician; akin to Old High German slīhhan to glide
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SLICK

Synonyms: grease, oil, lubricate, wax
Related Words: bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet
Near Antonyms: coarsen, rough, roughen; dehydrate, dry, parch, sear
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Rhymes with SLICK

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick

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