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SLICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A trowel used to make a surface slick
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):
trowel (a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):
film (a thin coating or layer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slick"):
oil slick (a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A slippery smoothness
Example:
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Synonyms:
slick; slickness; slip; slipperiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Derivation:
slick (give a smooth and glossy appearance)
slick (make slick or smooth)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A magazine printed on good quality paper
Synonyms:
glossy; slick; slick magazine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("slick" is a kind of...):
mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by skill in deception
Example:
a wily old attorney
Synonyms:
crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; wily
Classified under:
Similar:
artful (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft)
Derivation:
slickness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)
slickness (verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
Example:
slick seals and otters
Synonyms:
satiny; silken; silklike; silky; sleek; slick
Classified under:
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
Derivation:
slickness (a slippery smoothness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having only superficial plausibility
Example:
a slick commercial
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
plausible (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing)
Derivation:
slickness (a kind of fluent easy superficiality)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
Example:
a slick advertising campaign
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
superficial (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Made slick by e.g. ice or grease
Example:
roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
slippery; slippy (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)
Derivation:
slickness (a slippery smoothness)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a smooth and glossy appearance
Example:
slick one's hair
Synonyms:
sleek down; slick; slick down
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "slick" is one way to...):
comb; comb out; disentangle (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They slick their hair
Derivation:
slick (a slippery smoothness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make slick or smooth
Synonyms:
sleek; slick
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "slick" is one way to...):
polish; shine; smooth; smoothen (make (a surface) shine)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
slick (a slippery smoothness)
