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
Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
Most of her hair was slicked tightly to her head, except for a chunky face-framing layer which was pulled out to create a side-bang effect with her deep-side part.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2025
Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Glossy White Glossy white floors may look striking at first, but their ultra-slick, uniform finish leaves nowhere for dirt to hide.
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 Jan. 2026
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Simply use the attachment with its red, amber, and infrared lights for three minutes on each area of your face (such as your forehead, nasolabial folds, and so on) to help smooth and firm, then swap it out for the microcurrent head and slick on some conductive gel to start tightening and toning.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Blending her gray hair with blonde, her new signature is short, slicked back, and just as impactful as her ’60s coifs.
—Adjective
The initial half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mixture of rain, grime, and oil.
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While scoring on its first three possessions, Cherry Creek featured its slick running back Jayden Fox, who got to the edge, trucked a Mustangs defender and then outraced the defense to the end zone for a 21-yard TD run to open the floodgates.
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Verb
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Re-grease the pan and bake the remaining batter.—
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Take the talks on full-year appropriations bills, which could grease the Senate floor for a compromise three-bill package with the House and potentially another package of funding bills.—
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Outside the Grand Rex theater in Paris, the 36-year-old actress arrived in a slicked bob and a bold red lip.—
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Watts wore a navy blue sparkly dress paired with black mules and a slicked back hairstyle.—
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Fueled by vengeance and cunning ambition, Ashur rises from betrayal and bloodshed to seize power, gouging out a place for the House of Ashur in a new arena full of violence, desire, and twisted loyalty.—
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The elaborate scheme, masterminded by members of four Mafia families in collusion with celebrity athletes, ensnared unsuspecting victims, bleeding them of over $7 million through cunning deception, prosecutors said in the indictment.—
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But the Red Sox destroyed and ended their relationship with their only true power hitter and proven winner for a player who, though an undeniably excellent addition, was here for 117 total games.—
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Transition metal fluorides are widely regarded as promising cathode materials because of their high theoretical voltages and excellent thermal stability.—
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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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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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The European far right is skillfully seizing the moment, promising an agricultural overhaul and a chance to stick it to the city slickers.—
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The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle.—
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Dice vegetables in seconds using a chopper, hard boil eggs in the air fryer, while potatoes bake in the oven.—
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Owners of the 2015 Chevy Equinox LS frequently report engine issues because of oil leaks that cause parts of the engine to not be oiled properly, according to ReRev, a car advice website.—
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Once your table is ready, heat up your grill on the burner—use a small piece of fat to oil the grill, or a paper towel lightly soaked in vegetable or sesame oil.—
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“Slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slick. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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