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slicking

slicking is the present participle and gerund of slick.

Noun

slicking (plural slickings)

  1. A narrow vein of ore.
  2. (US, dialectal, historical) A whipping with a hickory switch.

Meaning of slick

Verb

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

  1. To make slick.
    • The surface had been slicked.

See all 19 meanings of slick

Forms of slicking

pluralslickings

Phrases with slicking

Questions about slicking

What does slicking mean?
Slicking means a narrow vein of ore.
What is slicking the present participle and gerund of?
Slicking is the present participle and gerund of slick.
What part of speech is slicking?
Slicking is a noun.
What is the plural of slicking?
The plural of slicking is slickings.

Words near slicking in the dictionary

  1. slickering
  2. slickers
  3. slickest
  4. slickhead
  5. slickheads
  6. slicking
  7. slicking back
  8. slicking down
  9. slicking up
  10. slickings
  11. slickly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slicking (page history and authors); slick (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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