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slicking back

slicking back is the present participle and gerund 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 slicking back

What is slicking back the present participle and gerund of?
Slicking back is the present participle and gerund of slick back.

Words near slicking back in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slicking 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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