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Synonyms for slick

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for slick

so smooth and glassy as to offer insecure hold or footing

exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance

having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters

characterized by ready but often insincere or superficial discourse

slick up: to make neat and trim; make presentable

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Synonyms for slick

a slippery smoothness

a magazine printed on good quality paper

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a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

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a trowel used to make a surface slick

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make slick or smooth

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give a smooth and glossy appearance

made slick by e.g. ice or grease

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having only superficial plausibility

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having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

marked by skill in deception

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Slick is also an accomplished portrait artist, having done several of her friend Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead).
Spanish seafood company Pescanova is so impressed with the success of special mesh cylinders in cleaning up the oil slick from the sunken tanker Prestige that it has ordered 20 more of them from the manufacturer, Cardomar.
But the satellite pictures show at least six slicks are being driven towards the land.
"The surprisingly slick texture and long-lasting flavor creates a completely new eating experience different from anything kids have tasted before," says marketing manager Christy Moston.
Lickety Slicks Gel Pops will be available in grocery stores nationwide starting this month for a suggested retail price of $2.49 for a box of 10.
Oil slicks have reportedly reached the shores of at least three Danish islands following a tanker collision in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday night (28 March).
Most slicks run stories on office life (generally of the "How to Ask For a Raise" or "How to Scale the Corporate Ladder" variety).
That strategy call followed the one in Australia last month where Button pitted early to change to slicks and went on to win.
Also in March last year, two incidents of oil slicks were reported in the same area.
Tests with slicks of concentrated DMS proved Nevitt's hunch correct.
A number of slicks, thought to be oil, were washed up on the beaches of the French Riviera on May 12, between Menton and Monaco (south of France) and have been dealt with straightaway, according to the maritime police.
On Tuesday, plane monitors spotted around 100 small slicks of about 10 metres (32 ft) in diameter some 330 km (205 miles) from the French coast and heading east into French waters.
Slicks on smoothly and evenly, giving a high-shine look.
"The oil slicks went down the whole coast line and beyond Nigeria s borders."
F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone said recently that he was in favour of a return to slicks which were replaced by grooved tyres in 1998 to reduce dangerous speeds.