slick down en · VERB
Meanings
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To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slicks down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| slicking down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slicked down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slicked down | Tense=Past | lexicographic |