slicker

4 definitions found

slicker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slicker \Slick"er\, n.
     That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically:
     (a) A kind of burnisher for leather.
     (b) (Founding) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a
         mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
         [1913 Webster]

  Slicker \Slick"er\, n.
     A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

slicker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  slicker
      n 1: a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and
           pigment to make it waterproof [syn: oilskin, slicker]
      2: a person with good manners and stylish clothing
      3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
         [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
         beguiler, slicker]

slicker - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "slicker":
     abradant, abrasive, bunco artist, bunco steerer, burnish,
     cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, cheat, cheater, city slicker,
     con artist, con man, confidence man, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite,
     crimp, defrauder, diddler, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper,
     horse coper, horse trader, jackleg, land pirate, land shark,
     land-grabber, lawn-roller, man of experience, man-about-town,
     mortgage shark, mountebank, pettifogger, pitchman, polish, roller,
     shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shortchanger, shyster, sleeker,
     smooth, smoother, sophisticate, spieler, swindler, trickster