Usually means: Thin layer of floating oil.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word oil slick:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. oil slick: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. oil slick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oil slick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oil slick: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oil slick: Vocabulary.com
  6. oil-slick, oil slick: Wordnik
  7. oil slick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oil slick: Wiktionary
  9. oil slick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. oil slick: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. oil slick: Dictionary.com
  12. Oil Slick (Transformers), Oil slick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. oil slick: Rhymezone
  14. oil slick: Free Dictionary
  15. oil slick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. oil slick: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oil slick: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Oil Slick_(offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. oil slick: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Oil Slick: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See oil_slicks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oil slick)

noun:  A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship.

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