Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Hair oil.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A very fine waste material produced by hydraulic mining which tends to contaminate waterways.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A superlubricant packet or spray that can be used to reduce traction on surfaces or as a lubricant.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A long-chain polymer that is injected into oil pipelines to reduce turbulent flow.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A piece of wood wrapped in abrasive cloth, used for sharpening blades.

  6. An SLCM (sea-launched cruise missile).

Origin

From slick + 'em. From the pronunciation of the acronym SLCM.

From slick + 'em.

From the pronunciation of the acronym SLCM.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: slickems
Singularslickem
Pluralslickems

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slickem — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto