4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slicker \Slick"er\, n. That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically: (a) A kind of burnisher for leather. (b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slicker \Slick"er\, n. A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: slicker n 1: a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof [syn: {oilskin}] 2: a person with good manners and stylish clothing 3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: {deceiver}, {cheat}, {cheater}, {trickster}, {beguiler}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "slicker": abradant, abrasive, bunco artist, bunco steerer, burnish, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, cheater, city slicker, con artist, con man, confidence man, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper, horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, lawn-roller, man of experience, man-about-town, mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, pitchman, polish, roller, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, sleeker, smooth, smoother, sophisticate, spieler, swindler, trickster
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