Slicker

/ˈslɪkɚ/ · adjective

Meaning

comparative form of slick: more slick.

Definitions by Sense

1. comparative form of slick: more slick
2. One who or that which slicks.
3. (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
4. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
5. (slang) A swindler or conman.
6. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
7. (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
8. A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.

Example Sentences

There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.

My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.

I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them.

That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.

I knew he had been slickered again.

...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.

The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water.

Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me.

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Word Forms

• slickers
• slickering
• slickered

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