slick

Definition

  • verb: to make sleek or smooth
  • verb: to make (something) smooth and slippery
  • adjective: very smooth and slippery
  • adjective: having a smooth surface
  • usually used with 'up'
  • synonyms: slippery, sleek, smooth

Examples

  • The new kid had some 'slick' moves on the basketball court.

  • The students did a 'slick' job of promoting the concert.

  • He climbed out of the pool and 'slicked back' his hair.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We spent a lot of time experimenting with ... ... what fabrics did in different types of light. So that we could get Trinity really like a mercury oil slick. One, two, three! I spent a lot of time last time on the wires because I did wire work. It's challenging, and then (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited