slicken

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verb

To make slick.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:slicken.”

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Meanings

slicken1

verbslicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)

present singular third person slickens · participle present slickening · participle past slickened · past slickened

  1. transitiveTo make slick.

    Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.

    2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star

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adjectiveslicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)

comparative more slicken · superlative most slicken

  1. UKdialectalbusinessSleek; smooth.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:slicken.

Origin

From slick + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with slicken

quickenFickenstrickenWiccanthickenDickensickenbrickenHickin
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Anagrams

nickelsnicklesLesnicksnickle
Cite this entry
APA

slicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slicken

MLA

“slicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slicken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slicken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slicken.

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