slick

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk === Etymology 1 === 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”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”). ==== Adjective ==== slick (comparative slicker, superlative slickest) Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. Sleek; smooth. Appearing expensive or sophisticated. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. Synonym: glib (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy. (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== slick (plural slicks) A covering of liquid, particularly oil. (by extension, hydrodynamics, US, dated) A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion. Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. A tool used to make something smooth or even. (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. Synonyms: slick tire, slick tyre (US, military slang) A helicopter. (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine. A wide paring chisel used in joinery. (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat. 2017, "Tessa on Ice", quoted in Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega?: Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 41: I spent two fucking days locked up in that hotel room, miserable and hating myself and drenched in my own slick! 2019, Tessa Barone, "Just Go Find Yourself a Nice Alpha: Gender and Consent in Supernatural Fandom's Alpha/Beta/Omega Universe", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 32: For his ruts, Castiel orders slick from a single donor, who is, unbeknownst to him, Dean, who lives at the Roadhouse and is in contact with many of his colleagues and rescuees. 2019, Chris van der Vegt, "The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in​ Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23: She observed another parallel to menstruation, namely the abundance of 'slick' that Omegas produce when they go into heat, which mainly functions as an anal lubricant. (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (phenomenon from underwater explosion): crack ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== slick (third-person singular simple present slicks, present participle slicking, simple past and past participle slicked) To make slick. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== slick (not comparable) (colloquial) Alternative form of sleek (“with ease and dexterity”). === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== slick Alternative form of schlich. === Further reading === “slick n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === Licks, licks