Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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slick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
slip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
slick (noun) | slip (noun) |
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a trowel used to make a surface slick | a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air |
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | a socially awkward or tactless act |
a slippery smoothness | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
a magazine printed on good quality paper | an unexpected slide |
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | |
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | |
a small sheet of paper | |
a slippery smoothness | |
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | |
a place where a craft can be made fast | |
a young and slender person | |
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | |
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
slick (adjective) | slip (adjective) |
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marked by skill in deception | |
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | |
having only superficial plausibility | |
made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
slick (verb) | slip (verb) |
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give a smooth and glossy appearance | fall to a lower standard |
make slick or smooth | move out of position |
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | |
to make a mistake or be incorrect | |
pass out of one's memory | |
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
move stealthily | |
move easily | |
move smoothly and easily | |
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | |
pass on stealthily |