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

  • (..) Who would stack boxes like this? A box stacker who's not stacking boxes. He's leaving clues. It's an arrow. - Jay? - You're slowing me down, slick. Whatever we're looking for is in these cabinets, right here. Anchovy filets in virgin olive oil. I hope I'm not slowing you down. (..)
    2002 Men in Black II
  • (..) Kevin. That's funny. You don't have a " Kevin" ... You don't remember. We worked together. I never worked in a funeral home. Something I can do for you, slick? Straight to the point. You were an agent of an organization that monitors aliens on Earth. We're the Men in Black. (..)
    2002 Men in Black II
  • (..) All over the canopy! - Whatever happened to that jaguar... - The traffic cameras would have caught it! - Bingo! - Pretty sneaky, slick! However, if you didn't have access to the system before, I doubt chief Buffalo Butt is gonna let you into it now. No. But I have a friend at City Hall who might. (..)
    2016 Zootopia