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adj
comparative form of slick: more slick
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noun
One who or that which slicks.
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noun
A waterproof coat or jacket.
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Usage: US
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noun
A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
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noun
A swindler or conman.
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Usage: slang
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noun
A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
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noun
A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
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Topics: arts, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
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noun
Synonym of slicker brush
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verb
To slither, as on a slick surface.
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verb
To con or hoodwink.
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verb
To use a slicker on.
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verb
To smooth or slick.
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verb
To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
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noun
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
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Synonyms: oilskin
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Broader terms: macintosh, mackintosh, mac, mack
noun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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Synonyms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler
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Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: bluffer, four-flusher, swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor, embezzler, defalcator, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, forger, counterfeiter, fortune hunter, front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman, hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender, impersonator, imitator, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, liar, prevaricator, misleader, mountebank, charlatan, obscurantist, sandbagger, utterer
noun
a person with good manners and stylish clothing
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Broader terms: sophisticate, man of the world
Narrower terms: city slicker, city boy
History
From the adjective slick.
From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
