slicker

English

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈslɪkɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈslɪkə/

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• Rhymes:-ɪkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From the adjectiveslick.

Adjective

slicker

1. comparativeform ofslick:moreslick

Etymology 2

Fromslick(“to smooth or make slick”)+‎-er.

Noun

slicker(pluralslickers)

1. One who or that whichslicks.
2. (originallyCanada,US)Awaterproofcoatorjacket.
3. A person who is perceived asclever,urbaneand possiblydisreputable.(abbreviation ofcity slicker.)
4. (slang)Aswindlerorconman.
5. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used forburnishingleather.
6. (metalworking)A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of amouldafter the withdrawal of thepattern.
7. A two-handled tool for finishingconcreteormortar;adarby.
8. Abrushforgroomingacator otherpetand removingloosefur.

   Synonym:slicker brush

   • 2009,Vicky Halls,The Complete Cat,page225:

     There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes,slickersand detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.

Synonyms

• (waterproof coat or jacket):poncho

Translations

waterproof coat or jacket

• Afrikaans:reënjas
• Czech:pršiplášťm,plášť do deště
• German:Regenjacke(de)f,Regenmantel(de)m

swindler or conman

• Afrikaans:blinkjan
• German:Hochstapler(de)m,Schwindler(de)m

Verb

slicker(third-person singular simple presentslickers,present participleslickering,simple past and past participleslickered)

1. Toslither,as on aslicksurface.
   • 1883,Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural Society:

     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 theyslickeredtheir tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.

   • 2013,Quinn Higgins,The Waiting Room,→ISBN,page41:

     I carefully watched his quick emotions as theyslickeredin his eyes before he hid them.

   • 2015,Joshua Gaylord,When We Were Animals,→ISBN:

     That's me, a holy greased pig,slickeringaway out of the fumbling hands of evil.

2. Toconorhoodwink.
   • 1976,Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland,The Education of Little Tree,→ISBN,page It was at the crossroads store where I gotslickeredout of my fifty cents.:
   • 1979,John Greenway, Susan Perl,Tales from the United States,→ISBN,page 9:

     I knew he had beenslickeredagain.

3. To use a slicker on.
   • 1911,The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade marks, Volume 38:

     ...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being thenslickeredoff and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.

   • 1962,Central Leather Research Institute (India),Leather Science - Volume 9,page209:

     The bends are rinsed well andslickeredon both the sides to remove excess of water.

4. Tosmoothorslick.
   • 2008,Preston Wilson,Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat,→ISBN,page42:

     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 hairslickereddown, starin' at me.

5. Tospreadmashedmanureon fields as a form of fertilization.

See also

• city slicker

Anagrams

• Rickels,Rickles,sickler,rickles,lickers,relicks,Sickler