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slicking down

slicking down is the present participle and gerund of slick down.

Meaning of slick down

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

Questions about slicking down

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

Words near slicking down in the dictionary

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

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