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Slicker
Definitions
- 1 comparative form of slick: more slick comparative, form-of
- 1 One who or that which slicks.
- 2 a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof wordnet
- 3 A waterproof coat or jacket. US
- 4 someone who leads you to believe something that is not true wordnet
- 5 A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
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- 6 a person with good manners and stylish clothing wordnet
- 7 A swindler or conman. slang
- 8 A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
- 9 A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- 10 A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
- 11 Synonym of slicker brush
"There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible."
- 1 To slither, as on a slick surface.
"My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces."
- 2 To con or hoodwink.
"I knew he had been slickered again."
- 3 To use a slicker on.
"...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent."
- 4 To smooth or slick.
"Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me."
- 5 To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
Etymology
From the adjective slick.
From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
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