slick
nounEtymology 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”).
11 senses
- 1A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- 2A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an…
- 3Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- 4A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- 5A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern…
- 6A helicopter.
- 7A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The…
- 8A glossy magazine.
- 9A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- 10In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily…
- 11A silver coin that has been worn to the point its…
A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
- The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
Geography, Hydrodynamics, Hydrology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics US, Broadly, 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.
Automotive, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Transport, Vehicles A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
Media, Printing, Publishing 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.
- The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.
Media, Publishing Slang A glossy magazine.
- Many of the stories in SSB [Sex Behind Bars] first appeared in gay slicks, Mandate, Honcho, First Hand, et al.1981 December 1, Freddie Greenfield, “Insulting Prison Porn”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 11:
- When Carver, wild to be published in a major slick, decided to accept the changes, Maryann accused him “of being a whore, of selling out to the establishment.”2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
Lifestyle Slang In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- I spent two fucking days locked up in that hotel room, miserable and hating myself and drenched in my own slick!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
- 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, 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
1 more example
- 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.2019, Chris van der Vegt, "The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23
Slang A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- a slick doesn’t really give you anything except the satisfaction of owning it, while the hole gives you satisfaction if actually being able to see something2021 February 16, hotwheelsearl, “Would you rather have a slick coin with barely any details, or a holed one with good details?”, in CoinTalk.com:
- Somebody once came into the coin shop with a bunch of really well-worn junk silver that would commonly be called "slicks."2014 January 6, CaptHenway, “How much metal is lost by weight from wear during circulation?”, in NGC Forums:
- Derived terms
- big slick, little slick, oil slick
- Coordinate terms
- crack