slick : Idioms & Phrases
city slicker
-
noun a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
city boy.
WordNet
oil slick
-
noun a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
WordNet
slick down
-
verb give a smooth and glossy appearance
sleek down; slick.
- slick one's hair
WordNet
slick magazine
-
noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
slick; glossy.
WordNet
slick up
-
verb make neat, smart, or trim
tittivate; smarten up; titivate; spruce up; spruce; spiff up.
- Spruce up your house for Spring
- titivate the child
-
verb dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
spruce; smarten up; spruce up.
- He spruced up for the party
WordNet
slicked up
-
adjective satellite having been made especially tidy
- slicked up for visitors
