slicker

adj

1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of slick: more slick

noun

1. One who or that which slicks.
2. (US)A waterproof coat or jacket.
3. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
4. (slang)A swindler or conman.
5. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
6. A 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.”

verb

1. To slither, as on a slick surface.

   “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.”

   “I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them.”

   “That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.”

2. To con or hoodwink.

   “I knew he had been slickered again.”

3. To use a slicker on.

   “...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.”

   “The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water.”

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.”

5. To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.