| Noun | 1. | slick - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch | |
| 2. | slick - a magazine printed on good quality papermag, magazine - a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" | |
| 3. | slick - a film of oil or garbage floating on top of waterfilm - a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust" oil slick - a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship) | |
| 4. | slick - a trowel used to make a surface slicktrowel - a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | |
| Verb | 1. | slick - make slick or smooth | |
| 2. | slick - give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"comb out, comb, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" | |
| Adj. | 1. | slick - having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" | |
| 2. | slick - made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"slippery, slippy - being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" | |
| 3. | slick - having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" | |
| 4. | slick - marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney"artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" | |