Definitions
give a smooth and glossy appearance
Word origin
From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).
Used in a sentence
“This rain is making the roads slick.”
“The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.”
“His large round head was shaved slick.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Smoothly polished”5 letters
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