as in to grease
to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction
slicking the bottom of their skis with wax
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as in slicked
having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction
roads are often slick during the first hour of a rainstorm
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as in cunning
clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
a slick ad campaign that made smoking look cool and sexy
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as in excellent
of the very best kind
that's a slick new suit you have on
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as in pictorial
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as in slicker
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as in chopper
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Recent Examples of slick
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Both the goat and chicken versions are equally well executed, their deep ochre sauces slicked with oil and fragrant with onions, peppers and thyme.
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Restaurant Critic,
Houston Chronicle,
6 May 2026
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
The horses were slick and fat even though the temperature had dropped to 74 below during the previous winter.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
CBS News,
17 May 2026
The larger spill, visible in satellite images as a gray-and-white slick, was first detected west of Kharg Island, Windward AI reported May 8, and has been steadily moving.
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Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Verb
Everything is more, slicked with oil, studded with garlic, vivid and electric.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Both the goat and chicken versions are equally well executed, their deep ochre sauces slicked with oil and fragrant with onions, peppers and thyme.
—
Restaurant Critic,
Houston Chronicle,
6 May 2026
Adjective
The album sounds a little overly slick at times, but mostly Foreign Tongues stays faithful to the Stones’ signature sound, or at least Watts’ idea of how the Stones should sound.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
The horses were slick and fat even though the temperature had dropped to 74 below during the previous winter.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Noun
Madrigal flicked a slick pass back to a charging Mukhtar for the finish from the right corner of the 6-yard box in the 13th minute.
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CBS News,
17 May 2026
The larger spill, visible in satellite images as a gray-and-white slick, was first detected west of Kharg Island, Windward AI reported May 8, and has been steadily moving.
—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slick
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This is political malpractice, designed to grease DeSantis’ path to the presidency and let legislators lie to voters about having cut taxes.
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My grid is, like, Turkish men getting their pecs greased up with oil, and then the other half is beautiful girls in Los Angeles emulsifying pasta in the pan.
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Zendaya complemented her partner by wearing a black Christopher Cowan minidress and Christian Louboutin heels, paired with a slicked back hairstyle.
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The main event, though, is the ski room—where ski butlers furnish guests with state-of-the-art skis before sliding them onto the slicked Jardin Alpin piste with or without an instructor.
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Daemon is one of the most clever, cunning and conniving characters in House of the Dragon, who always seems to have the upper hand.
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Under this light, Penelope emerges as exemplary, cunning, wounded, and trapped by the male order that praises her.
Adjective
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Turkey evened it in the 10th minute with an excellent two-man game from Baris Alper Yilmaz and Güler, the 21-year-old Real Madrid rising star.
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The nearby town of Dolores makes an excellent home base.
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Gibson, then 34, saw the pictorial in a classy, peekaboo way and even had a clothing budget.
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By 2010, the magazine was essentially family entertainment compared to the tidal wave of online smut, so a peek-a-boo pictorial of half-naked cybergals didn't seem so risqué.
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City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.
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During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
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In one of her most iconic images, photographer Douglas Kirkland captured the star in 1971 racing down a Las Vegas highway on a chopper, dressed in a patriotic showgirl ensemble and knee-high boots.
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But only minutes into the flight, relatives say, the Robinson R66 chopper crashed, killing both Dave, 25, and pilot Nikhil Nargundkar, 28.
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Cavallari posted a clip of her and her oiled-up, bronzed six-pack in action on Instagram.
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Cook the steak Lightly oil the steaks and place on a hot grill.
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“Slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slick. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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