SLICK

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

(adjective) 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”

satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick

(adjective) 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”

glib, pat, slick

(adjective) having only superficial plausibility; “glib promises”; “a slick commercial”

facile, neat, slick

(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”; “it was a neat plan, but bound to fail”; “a slick advertising campaign”

slick

(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”

slick

(noun) a trowel used to make a surface slick

slick

(noun) a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip

(noun) a slippery smoothness; “he could feel the slickness of the tiller”

slick, slick magazine, glossy

(noun) a magazine printed on good quality paper

slick, slick down, sleek down

(verb) give a smooth and glossy appearance; “slick one’s hair”

slick, sleek

(verb) make slick or smooth

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

slick (comparative slicker, superlative slickest)

Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

Appearing expensive or sophisticated.

Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.

(often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.

(US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.

sleek; smooth

Noun

slick (plural slicks)

A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.

A tool used to make something smooth or even.

(sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.

Synonyms: slick tire, slick tyre

(US, military slang) A helicopter.

(printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.

A wide paring chisel used in joinery.

Verb

slick (third-person singular simple present slicks, present participle slicking, simple past and past participle slicked)

To make slick.

Etymology 2

Noun

slick

Alternative form of schlich

Anagrams

• Licks, licks

Proper noun

Slick

A term of address, generally applied to males, possibly including strangers, implying that the person addressed is slick in the sense of "sophisticated", but often used sarcastically.

Anagrams

• Licks, licks

Source: Wiktionary

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Slich, Slick, n. (Metal.)

Definition: See Schlich.

Slick, a. Etym: [See Sleek.]

Definition: Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.

Slick, v. t.

Definition: To make sleek or smoth. "Slicked all with sweet oil." Chapman.

Slick, n. (Joinery)

Definition: A wide paring chisel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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