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slick

/slɪk/

US pronunciation

American sound/slɪk/

slick

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> slick

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကအထင်ကြီးလောက်အောင်၊မျက်စိကျလောက်အောင်ပြရုပ်ကောင်းသော။ သဘောကျလောက်အောင်သွက်လက်သော။ ခအလှည့်ကောင်းသော။ နပ်သော။ ချောသော။ ပင်လယ်၌ရေနံတင်သင်္ဘောမှယိုဖိတ်သည့်ရေနံပြင်။ ဆံပင်ကိုဆီစသည်ဖြင့်ဖြီးသပ်သည်။ ပတ်ပတ်နပ်နပ်ရှိသူ။ အပေါ်ရုံမိုးကာရှည်။

Full entry

slick /slÇk/ adj (-er , -est )

၁။ (က) (sometimes derog ) အထင်ကြီး လောက်အောင်၊ မျက်စိကျလောက်အောင် ပြရုပ် ကောင်း သော။ သဘောကျလောက်အောင် သွက်လက်သော။
slick advertising/designs/presentation ❍ slick movements/rhythms ❍ The movie is full of slick (ie clever, amusing) dialogue.
(ခ) အလှည့်ကောင်းသော။ နပ်သော။ a slick performer/salesperson/negotiator ❍ She's very slick, but I don't believe a word she says.
၂။ ချောသော။ The roads were slick with wet mud.
n (also oil slick ) ပင်လယ်၌ ရေနံတင်သင်္ဘောမှ ယိုဖိတ်သည့် ရေနံပြင်။
v ~ sth (back/down) ဆံပင်ကို ဆီ စသည်ဖြင့် ဖြီးသပ်သည်။ boys with slicked-back hair and fancy clothes ❍ His hair was slicked across his forehead.
❏ slicker n
၁။ (infml esp US ) ပတ်ပတ်နပ်နပ်ရှိသူ။ a city slicker (ie slick by comparison with a person from the country).
၂။ (US ) အပေါ်ရုံမိုးကာရှည်။
slickly adv slickness n [U]

More examples

They ran a very slick promotion campaign, you must admit.
The team demonstrated their usual slick passing style.
A slick car salesman
Slick black hair
His face was slick with sweat.

Synonyms

polished, professional, efficient, glossy, smooth, adroit, bimonthly, broadside, cagey, canny, clever, creamed, creaming, dailies, deck, deck out, decked out, deft, dextrous, double dealing, dress up, facile, fit out, fitted out, fitting out, fortnightly, foxy, garlanded, get dressed up, glassy, glib, go stealthily, grease, greasy, gussied up, gussy up, icy, ironing, knowing, lose balance, lose footing, lube, lubing, lubricate, lubricious, made clear, mag, magazine, make clear, make improvement, make uniform, meretricious, monthlies, monthly, oil, oil the wheels, oily, oleaginous, overdress, overdressed, pass quietly, perfect, periodical, phoniness, planed, plausible, polish, pomade, pomaded, prettify, prettifying, primp, prink, puddle, put finishing touch on, quarterly, quick, recurve, refine, round, sand, sands, semiweekly, shallow, sharp, shiny, shrewd, skillful, sleek, sleeky, slimy, slink, slip, slippery, slithery, sly, smart, smooth along, smooth-spoken, snaking, soapy, sophisticated, specious, spiff, spiff up, spiffed up, spill, spillage, spruce up, streetwise, superficial, throwaway, titivate, unctuous, untrustworthy, urbane, weekly, whorled, wise

Antonyms

amateurish, clumsy, coarse, dry, dull, honest, ignorant, naive, rough, shoddy, simple, slow, stupid, unclever, unintelligent, unpolished, unskillful

Cross references

polished professional efficient glossy smooth adroit bimonthly broadside cagey canny clever creamed creaming dailies deck deck out decked out deft dextrous double dealing dress up facile fit out fitted out fitting out fortnightly foxy garlanded

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