Slick

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schlich \Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG.
     sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.)
     The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin,
     separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written
     also {slich}, {slick}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slick \Slick\, v. t.
     To make sleek or smoth. "Slicked all with sweet oil."
     --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slick \Slick\, n. (Joinery)
     A wide paring chisel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slick \Slick\, n.
     A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.
  
           The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of
           the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface
           breaks the crest.                        --The Century.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.)
     See {Schlich}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slick \Slick\, a. [See {Sleek}.]
     Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." --Chapman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slick
       adj 1: having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair";
              "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken
              eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
              seals and otters" [syn: {glossy}, {satiny}, {sleek}, {silken},
               {silky}, {silklike}]
       2: made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with
          ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and
          hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
       3: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
          slick commercial" [syn: {glib}, {pat}]
       4: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
          wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
          slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a
          wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy}, {foxy},
           {guileful}, {knavish}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {tricky}, {wily}]
       n 1: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
            tiller" [syn: {slickness}, {slipperiness}, {slip}]
       2: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: {slick
          magazine}]
       3: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
       4: a trowel used to make a surface slick
       v 1: make slick or smooth [syn: {sleek}]
       2: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"
          [syn: {slick down}, {sleek down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  261 Moby Thesaurus words for "slick":
     Byzantine, Ciceronian, Daedalian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic,
     Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Tullian, acute, adept, adipose,
     adroit, anal, anoint, apt, arch, artful, artfully, articulate,
     artistic, astute, astutely, authoritative, beeswax, blubbery,
     bravura, brilliant, buff, buffed, burnish, burnished, buttery,
     butyraceous, cagey, cagily, calculating, cannily, canny, chrismal,
     chrismatory, clean, clever, cleverly, coordinated, crack,
     crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cunningly, cute, daedal,
     daub, deceitful, deck out, deep, deep-laid, deft, designing,
     devious, dexterous, dextrous, dinky, diplomatic, doll up, dress,
     dress up, eloquent, embrocate, excellent, expert, facund, fancy,
     fat, fatty, felicitous, feline, finish, finished, fix up, foxily,
     foxy, furbish, furbished, glace, glance, glassy, glaze, glazed,
     gleaming, glib, glide, glissade, gloss, glossy, glycerolate, good,
     goodish, graceful, grease, grease the wheels, greased, greasy,
     guileful, guilefully, gussy up, handy, hep, imaginative, ingenious,
     insidious, insidiously, inventive, knowing, knowingly, lacquered,
     lard, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricate, lubricated, lubricious,
     luster, magisterial, masterful, masterly, meretricious, mucoid,
     neat, nimble-witted, no mean, oil, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
     on the sly, pawky, perfect, plausible, polish, polished, politic,
     pomade, professional, proficient, quick, quick-witted, quite some,
     ready, refine, resourceful, rich, round, rub, rubbed, salve,
     satiny, scheming, scour, sebaceous, serpentine, shallow, sharp,
     sharp-witted, shellacked, shiftily, shifty, shine, shining, shiny,
     shipshape, shrewd, shrewdly, silken, silky, silver, silver-tongued,
     skillful, sleek, slick down, slick on, sliddery, slip, slipper,
     slippery, slippy, slither, slithery, sly, slyly, smarmy, smart,
     smarten up, smear, smooth, smooth the way, smooth-spoken,
     smooth-tongued, smoothly, smug, snaky, sneaky, snug, soap the ways,
     soaped, soapy, some, sophistical, specious, spellbinding, spiff,
     spruce, spruce up, statesmanlike, stealthy, strategic, stylish,
     suave, subtile, subtilely, subtle, subtlely, suety, superficial,
     supple, sycophantic, tactful, tactical, tallowy, the compleat,
     the complete, tidy, tight, trickily, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
     trig, trim, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, urbane,
     varnish, varnished, velvety, virtuoso, vulpine, warily, wary, wax,
     well-cared-for, well-done, well-groomed, well-spoken, wilily, wily,
     workmanlike
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Slick, OK (town, FIPS 68000)
    Location: 35.77644 N, 96.26657 W
    Population (1990): 124 (62 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Slick, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    148
     Housing Units (2000): 63
     Land area (2000):     0.441560 sq. miles (1.143635 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.441560 sq. miles (1.143635 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            68000
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.776525 N, 96.266845 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Slick, OK
      Slick