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slick down

slick down verb: to make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.

Verb

slick down (third-person singular simple present slicks down, present participle slicking down, simple past and past participle slicked down)

  1. To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
    • His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96

Forms of slick down

third-person singular presentslicks down
present participleslicking down
past participleslicked down
pastslicked down

Questions about slick down

What does slick down mean?
Slick down means to make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
What part of speech is slick down?
Slick down is a verb.
What is the past tense of slick down?
The past tense of slick down is slicked down.

Words near slick down in the dictionary

  1. slick
  2. slick as a whistle
  3. slick as snot
  4. slick back
  5. slick cam
  6. slick down
  7. slick rick
  8. slick ricks
  9. slick up
  10. Slick Willie
  11. slick-tech

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