slicker

1
as in mack
a coat made of water-resistant material he put on his slicker and boots and headed out into the rain

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2
as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers dressed in their designer duds, the out-of-state slickers stood out amongst the locals at the harvest supper

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Recent Examples of slicker Check out the collection of some 200 historic small craft, the Blacksmith Shop, an 1851 American clipper ship, and the Tugboat Pilot House, where kids can don rain slickers and take the wheel of a tugboat. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023 Nation/World The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds. Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023 The bathtub ring may be the emergency’s most visible manifestation—the drought equivalent of Don Lemon in a rain slicker, weathering gale-force winds in a megastorm. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022 This fluid sends essential nutrients to the cartilage in a joint space, creating a slicker surface for joints. Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for slicker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slicker
Noun
  • The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cocktails that would otherwise cost $18 each - such as Margaritas, cosmopolitans, Manhattans, and Old-Fashioneds - are included in this package.
    Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The range of 70 vintage styles will include a leather aviator jacket, a yellow raincoat circa 1992, a denim jumpsuit and a stone Irish linen shirt.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Kogonada fills the film with saturated colors, favoring the primary standbys of fire-engine red, raincoat yellow and mailbox blue.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Foster’s second win, she was remade as a bona fide A-lister: a sleek Hollywood sophisticate with nothing to prove.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Friend is Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s class-conscious lament for how urban sophisticates (Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane) deny but can’t escape spiritual obligations.
    Armond White, National Review, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, some in the Hollywood trenches see the reaction to Tilly as overblown.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The resulting microplastics are so widespread, they’re found in places as remote as ocean trenches and as close as human breast milk.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mary Jane eventually found her muck boots and an oilskin jacket in the back of the hallway closet.
    Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The jean were presented alongside a collection of classic workwear with Japanese vintage details, and oilskin coat inspired by one of creative director Maria Heilmann’s vintage pieces, and handknitted pieces crafted from undyed llama.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • The American team could certainly have done without the aggravation of running to the pro shop to buy alternative waterproofs in 2010 because they were getting soaked in their official gear.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This irrigator is 100% waterproof and the water tank is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Another mackintosh was hardly recognizable as clothing.
    Sam Kean, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2021

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“Slicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slicker. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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