slickadjective
uk/slɪk/us/slɪk/operating or performing skilfully and effectively, without problems and without seeming to need effort:
disapproving skilful and effective but not sincere or honest:
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Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- clutch
- expert
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- intimate 1
- polished
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- with the best of them idiom
- workmanlike
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slicknoun [ C ]
uk/slɪk/us/slɪk/slick noun [ C ] (OIL)
an oil slick
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Environmental issues
- air pollution
- biodegrade
- biotic index
- carbon capture
- carbon credits
- carbon-neutral
- defoliant
- dumping ground
- eco-footprint
- ecology
- emission
- environmentally friendly
- exhaustible
- natural resources
- particulate
- photochemical smog
- preservation
- preservationist
- recycle
- reduce, reuse, recycle idiom
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slick noun [ C ] (MAGAZINE)
US a glossy magazine
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Newspapers & magazines
- back copy
- broadsheet
- brochure
- colour supplement
- comic
- daily paper
- editorial
- journal
- lad mag
- magazine
- manga
- organ
- reader
- serialize
- Sunday paper
- supermarket tabloid
- tabloid
- trade
- tribune
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slickverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/slɪk/us/slɪk/to cause hair to be smooth and close to the head by brushing it flat, often using a substance to make it stick:
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Hair care
- Alice band
- argan oil
- barrette
- brush
- comb
- crimp
- curling tongs
- delouse
- gel
- hair lacquer
- hair mousse
- hairgrip
- hairpin
- mousse
- rinse
- roller
- shear
- slide
- straighteners
- tint
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