slicker

[US]/'slɪkə/
[UK]/'slɪkɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.raincoat
swindler
squeegee

Phrases & Collocations

slicker than oil

city slicker

Example Sentences

Watch out for those New York slickers!

He is a slicker salesman than his colleague.

The car salesman was a slicker operator.

She wore a slicker outfit to the party.

The con artist was known for being a slicker swindler.

He used slicker tactics to win the game.

The politician's slicker speech impressed the audience.

The company hired a slicker marketing team to boost sales.

She applied a slicker approach to solve the problem.

The criminal used slicker techniques to break into the safe.

The slicker businessman always gets what he wants.

Real-world Examples

But over several generations, genetic change can help some populations evolve into city slickers.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

From the time it launched, every generation just got kind of smaller, slimmer, sexier, slicker, tinier.

Source: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

It won't be solved by tweeting harder, building slicker apps, or starting one more artisanal coffee roasting service.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

And this is another city slicker animal.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) August 2020 Collection

And he has a reputation for transforming unwieldy organisations into slicker outfits.

Source: Economist Finance and economics

The new mobile website promises a much slicker interface, fast loading times and experience closer to Twitter's native iPhone and Android apps.

Source: Technology Trends

One breeder said it's to show the city slickers in Paris that there's a large economy that depends on farming in the mountains.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2022 Collection

Bizarre as the concept of a poop god sounds to us 21st century city slickers, the Romans may not have understood why poop made such an effective fertilizer.

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

It runs One UI Watch 4.5, which is like a skin that runs on top of Wear OS.It's a slicker interface with way cooler animated watch faces.

Source: Edge Technology Blog

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