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ALL meanings of slicker

slick·er
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  • adjective slicker comparative: more slippery 1
  • noun slicker cheat, swindler 1
  • adjective slicker comparative: more effortless 1
  • noun slicker a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick. 1
  • noun slicker Informal. a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish. such a magazine regarded as possessing qualities, as expensiveness, chic, and sophistication, that hold appeal for a particular readership, as one whose members enjoy or are seeking affluence. such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content. Compare pulp (def 6). 1
  • noun slicker any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface. 1
  • noun slicker Automotive. a wide tire without a tread, used in racing. 1
  • noun slicker Military Slang. a helicopter. 1
  • adjective slicker smooth and glossy; sleek. 1
  • adjective slicker smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave. 1
  • adjective slicker sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right. 1
  • adjective slicker ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work. 1
  • adjective slicker slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil. 1
  • adjective slicker 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
  • adjective slicker Slang. wonderful; remarkable; first-rate. 1
  • adverb slicker smoothly; cleverly. 1
  • countable noun slicker A slicker is a long loose waterproof coat. 0
  • noun slicker a sly or untrustworthy person (esp in the phrase city slicker) 0
  • noun slicker a shiny raincoat, esp an oilskin 0
  • noun slicker a small trowel used for smoothing the surfaces of a mould 0
  • noun slicker a loose, waterproof coat made of oil-treated cloth 0
  • noun slicker a tricky, cleverly deceptive person 0
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