Collocations for "slicker"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slicker" in context.
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slick
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- has slick [black, short, combed-back] hair
- the [tarmac] is slick with [rain, ice, snow, oil]
- [skidded, slid] on the slick [tarmac, road, surface]
- slick [design, layout, graphics, interior, interface]
- a slick [presentation, display, performance]
- [is, offers] a slick [alternative, solution, way] (to)
- got a slick new [computer, bike]
- a slick [idea, plan] to
- hey, that's pretty slick!
- you are looking (extra) slick today!
- you look (so) slick in that [dress, hat]
- a slick [businessman, salesman, politician, trickster, conman]
- backed by slick [advertising, PR, campaigns]
- [won, showed] slick [passing play, movement, control]
- a massive oil slick
- a slick in the [sea, ocean]
- an oil slick on the [road, surface, highway]
- the oil slick has killed off marine life
- the slick has killed dozens of species
- the car [spun, slipped] on the oil slick
- fitted with [eighteen] -inch slicks
- the [van, car] has [twenty] -inch slicks
- the [drivers, racers] were on slicks
- had slicks fitted for the wet [track, circuit]
- changed to slicks in the pits
- the slick of [lip-gloss, paint, creamy sauce]
'slicker' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):