Dictionary

slicker en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈslɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈslɪkɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the adjective slick.

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of slick: more slick
   form of slick

slicker en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈslɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈslɪkɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. One who or that which slicks.
2. (US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
3. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
4. (slang) A swindler or conman.
5. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
6. A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
7. A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
8. Synonym of slicker brush
   • There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible. 2009, Vicky Halls, The Complete Cat, page 225:

Forms

Deriveds

rainslicker

Synonyms

slicker brush · poncho (waterproof coat or jacket)

Translations (8)

cs plášť do deště (waterproof coat or jacket) · af reënjas (waterproof coat or jacket) · af blinkjan (swindler or conman) · de Regenmantel (waterproof coat or jacket) · de Schwindler (swindler or conman) · cs pršiplášť (waterproof coat or jacket) · de Hochstapler (swindler or conman) · de Regenjacke (waterproof coat or jacket)

slicker en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈslɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈslɪkɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. To slither, as on a slick surface.
   • 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 they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces. 1883, Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural Society:
   • I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them. 2013, Quinn Higgins, The Waiting Room, →ISBN, page 41:
   • That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil. 2015, Joshua Gaylord, When We Were Animals, →ISBN:
2. To con or hoodwink.
   • I knew he had been slickered again. 1979, John Greenway, Susan Perl, Tales from the United States, →ISBN, page 9:
3. To use a slicker on.
   • ...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent. 1911, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade marks, Volume 38:
   • The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water. 1962, Central Leather Research Institute (India), Leather Science - Volume 9, page 209:
4. To smooth or slick.
   • 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 hair slickered down, starin' at me. 2008, Preston Wilson, Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat, →ISBN, page 42:
5. To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

Forms

Relateds

city slicker