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slicker |
Grep of noun slicker city slicker slicker Overview of noun slicker The noun slicker has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) oilskin, slicker -- (a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof) 2. deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker -- (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true) Overview of adj slick The adj slick has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) glossy, satin, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick -- (having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters") 2. slick -- (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") 3. glib, pat, slick -- (having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial") 4. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- (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") Antonyms of adj slick 4 senses of slick Sense 1 glossy, satin(postnominal), satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick INDIRECT (VIA smooth) -> rough, unsmooth Sense 2 slick INDIRECT (VIA slippery) -> nonslippery Sense 3 glib, pat, slick INDIRECT (VIA plausible) -> implausible Sense 4 crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily INDIRECT (VIA artful) -> artless Similarity of adj slick 4 senses of slick Sense 1 glossy, satin(postnominal), satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick => smooth (vs. rough) Sense 2 slick => slippery (vs. nonslippery), slippy Sense 3 glib, pat, slick => plausible (vs. implausible) Sense 4 crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily => artful (vs. artless) Attributes of adj slick Familiarity of adj slick slick used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj slick slick slicked slicked up Overview of noun slicker The noun slicker has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) oilskin, slicker -- (a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof) 2. deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker -- (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true) Overview of adj slick The adj slick has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) glossy, satin, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick -- (having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters") 2. slick -- (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") 3. glib, pat, slick -- (having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial") 4. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- (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")
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