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slick

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slick
1. a chisel or other tool used for smoothing or polishing a surface
2. the tyre of a racing car that has worn treads
slick [slik]
(oceanography)
Area in which capillary waves are absent or suppressed.
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He said we must slick up our swords and guns, and get ready.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
I started to get up, and knocked down an umbrella; it made a noise like a pistol-shot when it struck that hard, slick, carpetless floor; I grated my teeth and held my breath--Harris did not stir.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
"They're sure slick," was his secret judgment; and from bits of gossip dropped now and again he felt his judgment well buttressed.
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