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slicked back

slicked back is the simple past and past participle of slick back.

Meaning of slick back

Verb

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

  1. To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
    • His hair was slicked back, plastered down with gel.

Questions about slicked back

What is slicked back the simple past and past participle of?
Slicked back is the simple past and past participle of slick back.

Words near slicked back in the dictionary

  1. Slick Willie
  2. slick-tech
  3. slicka pad
  4. slicka pads
  5. slicked
  6. slicked back
  7. slicked down
  8. slicked up
  9. slicked-back
  10. slickem
  11. slickems

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slicked back (page history and authors); slick back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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