Synonyms: slick
Definition: a trowel used to make a surface slick
Similar words: trowel
Definition: a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
Synonyms: slick
Definition: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
Similar words: film
Definition: a thin coating or layer
Usage: the table was covered with a film of dust
Synonyms: slick, slickness, slip, slipperiness
Definition: a slippery smoothness
Usage: he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Similar words: smoothness
Definition: a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
Usage: admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs; some artists prefer the smoothness of a board
Synonyms: glossy, slick, slick magazine
Definition: a magazine printed on good quality paper
Definition: a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
Usage: it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
Synonyms: sleek down, slick, slick down
Definition: give a smooth and glossy appearance
Usage: slick one's hair
Similar words: disentangle, comb, comb out
Definition: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
Usage: comb your hair before dinner; comb the wool
Definition: make slick or smooth
Similar words: smooth, smoothen, shine, polish
Definition: make (a surface) shine
Usage: shine the silver, please; polish my shoes
Synonyms: tricksy, tricky, foxy, knavish, dodgy, crafty, cunning, wily, slick, sly, guileful
Definition: marked by skill in deception
Usage: cunning men often pass for wise; deep political machinations; a foxy scheme; a slick evasive answer; sly as a fox; tricky Dick; a wily old attorney
Similar words: artful
Definition: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Usage: the artful dodger; an artful choice of metaphors
Synonyms: silken, silklike, silky, satiny, sleek, slick
Definition: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
Usage: glossy auburn hair; satiny gardenia petals; sleek black fur; silken eyelashes; silky skin; a silklike fabric; slick seals and otters
Similar words: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Usage: the sun was bright and hot; a bright sunlit room
Definition: having only superficial plausibility
Usage: glib promises; a slick commercial
Similar words: plausible
Definition: apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
Usage: a plausible excuse
Synonyms: slick
Definition: made slick by e.g. ice or grease
Usage: sidewalks slick with ice; roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil
Similar words: slippery, slippy
Definition: causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
Usage: slippery sidewalks; a slippery bar of soap; the streets are still slippy from the rain