slick
adjective
[ slɪk ]
• done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way.
• "Rangers have been entertaining crowds with a slick passing game"
Similar:
efficient,
smooth,
smooth-running,
polished,
well organized,
well run,
streamlined,
skilful,
deft,
adroit,
dexterous,
masterly,
professional,
clever,
smart,
sharp,
shrewd,
• (of skin or hair) smooth and glossy.
• "a dandy-looking dude with a slick black ponytail"
Similar:
shiny,
glossy,
shining,
sleek,
smooth,
silky,
silken,
oiled,
plastered down,
Brylcreemed,
slick
noun
• an oil slick.
• "the slick is a serious threat to marine life"
• an application or amount of a glossy or oily substance.
• "a slick of lip gloss"
• a racing-car or bicycle tyre without a tread, for use in dry weather conditions.
• "Hunt's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgement about when to change his wet tyres to slicks"
• a glossy magazine.
• "writing for any of the so-called slicks was considered selling out"
• a person who is smooth and persuasive but untrustworthy.
slick
verb
• make (one's hair) flat, smooth, and glossy by applying water, oil, or gel to it.
• "his damp hair was slicked back"
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘glossy’ and ‘make smooth or glossy’): probably from Old English and related to Old Norse slíkr ‘smooth’; compare with sleek.
