slicker

1. comparativecomparative form of slick: more slick

plural slickers

1. One who or that which slicks.
2. USA waterproof coat or jacket.

   Synonyms: poncho

3. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
4. slangA swindler or conman.
5. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
6. artsA 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

   Synonyms: slicker brush

present singular third person slickers · participle present slickering · participle past slickered · past slickered

1. To slither, as on a slick surface.

   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 more examples

   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

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.

   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

   1 more example

   ...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

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.