slick
/slɪk/ adjective C1- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. · This rain is making the roads slick.· The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated. · They read all kinds of slick magazines.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. · That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
- Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy. · Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.· That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
- Extraordinarily great or special. · That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!
Comparative slicker · Superlative slickest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Money’ll do it as slick as soap grease.
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