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- [slik]
- /slɪk/
- /slɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slik]
- /slɪk/
Definitions of slick word
- adjective slick smooth and glossy; sleek. 1
- adjective slick smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave. 1
- adjective slick sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right. 1
- adjective slick ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work. 1
- adjective slick slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil. 1
- adjective slick deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction. 1
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Origin of slick
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English slike (adj.); cognate with dialectal Dutch sleek even, smooth; akin to slick2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Slick
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slick popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slick usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slick
adj slick
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- adroit — Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- agleam — glowing; gleaming
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
noun slick
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- bi-weekly — occurring every two weeks.
- bimonthly — A bimonthly event or publication happens or appears every two months.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
verb slick
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- deck — A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
- deck out — If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
adjective slick
- aerodynamic — If something such as a car has an aerodynamic shape or design, it goes faster and uses less fuel than other cars because the air passes over it more easily.
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- citified — having the customs, manners, or dress of city people
- expert — A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
Antonyms for slick
adj slick
- know-nothing — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
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