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slicker noun [ ˈslɪkə ]

• a raincoat made of smooth material.
• a person who is smooth and persuasive but untrustworthy.
• "a permatanned slicker who involves her in embezzlement and fraud"

slick adjective

• 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,
Opposite: amateurish, clumsy, inexpert,
• (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,
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.


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