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Meaning of slick

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slick
      adj 1: 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"
      2: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
         slick commercial" [syn: {glib}, {pat}, {slick}]
      3: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy
         auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur";
         "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
         seals and otters" [syn: {satiny}, {sleek}, {silken}, {silky},
         {silklike}, {slick}]
      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 Dick"; "a wily
         old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy}, {foxy},
         {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {tricky},
         {wily}]
      n 1: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
           tiller" [syn: {slickness}, {slick}, {slipperiness}, {slip}]
      2: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: {slick},
         {slick magazine}, {glossy}]
      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: {slick}, {sleek}]
      2: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" [syn:
         {slick}, {slick down}, {sleek down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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