slick
slick is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Schlich. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. See Schlich.
- adjective. Sleek; smooth.
- transitive verb. To make sleek or smoth.
- noun. A wide paring chisel.
- noun. a trowel used to make a surface slick
- noun. a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- noun. a slippery smoothness
"he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
- noun. a magazine printed on good quality paper
- verb. give a smooth and glossy appearance
"slick one's hair"
- verb. make slick or smooth
- adjective. marked by skill in deception
"cunning men often pass for wise"
"deep political machinations"
- adjective. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
"glossy auburn hair"
"satiny gardenia petals"
- adjective. having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"
"a slick commercial"
- adjective. 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"
Synonyms
slickness, slip, slipperiness, glossy, sleek, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, satiny, silken, silklike, silky, glib, pat
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slick:
Common word forms
slicks, slicked, slicken, slicker, slickly, slickest, slicking, slickness
Words from these letters
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