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slicks down

slicks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slicks down

What is slicks down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slicks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slick down.

Words near slicks down in the dictionary

  1. slicknesses
  2. slickrock
  3. slickrocks
  4. slicks
  5. slicks back
  6. slicks down
  7. slicks up
  8. slickseed fuzzybean
  9. slickseed fuzzybeans
  10. slickspot
  11. slickspots

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