Usually means: Smooth and glossy; skillfully done.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word slick:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. slick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slick: Merriam-Webster
  3. slick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slick: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slick: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slick, slick: Wordnik
  8. slick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Slick, slick: Wiktionary
  10. slick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slick: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slick: Dictionary.com
  14. slick (n.), slick (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. slick: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Slick (Eddie Kendricks album), Slick (album), Slick (comics), Slick (magazine format), Slick (tool), Slick (wrestler), Slick (wrestling), Slick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Slick: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. slick: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. slick: Rhymezone
  20. Slick: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. slick: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. SLICK: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  23. Slick: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  24. Slick: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. slick: FreeDictionary.org
  26. slick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. slick: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slick: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SLICK: Acronym Finder
  2. slick: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. slick, slick, slick, slick, slick, slick: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Slick: A Seattle Lexicon

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Slick: Bicycle Glossary
  2. Slick: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See slicked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
adjective:  Sleek; smooth.
adjective:  Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
adjective:  Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
adjective:  (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
adjective:  (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
noun:  A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
noun:  (by extension, hydrodynamics, US, dated) A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion.
noun:  Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
noun:  A tool used to make something smooth or even.
noun:  (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
noun:  (US, military slang) A helicopter.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
noun:  A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
noun:  (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
noun:  (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point it's surface feels smooth to the touch.
verb:  To make slick.
noun:  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.
adverb:  (colloquial) Alternative form of sleek (“with ease and dexterity”) [(dated, colloquial) With ease and dexterity.]
noun:  Alternative form of schlich [The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.]

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