oil slick | a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship) |
slick | a trowel used to make a surface slick |
slick | a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
slick slick magazine glossy | a magazine printed on good quality paper |
slick slick down sleek down | give a smooth and glossy appearance, slick one's hair |
spruce up spruce slick up smarten up | dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion, He spruced up for the party |
spruce up spruce titivate tittivate smarten up slick up spiff up | make neat, smart, or trim, Spruce up your house for Spring, titivate the child |
slick sleek | make slick or smooth |
b crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish slick sly tricksy tricky wily bba | 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 | 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 | having only superficial plausibility, glib promises, a slick commercial |
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 |