What SLICK means
Made slick by e.g. ice or grease.
That is the short version. Read on for how to say SLICK, how to use it, and a quick way to make it stick.
SLICK at a glance
- Word: SLICK
- Part of speech: adj
- Pronunciation: /slɪk/
- Meaning: Made slick by e.g. ice or grease.
- Example: Sidewalks slick with ice.
Keep this box in view while you read the rest of the page. A short summary like this is often enough for a quick lookup, and the sections below are for when you want the meaning to actually stay with you.
How to say SLICK
Pronunciation: /slɪk/
Part of speech: adj
Say SLICK out loud a few times. Hearing your own voice say a new word is one of the fastest ways to remember both its sound and its meaning. Try saying it slowly first, then at normal speed, then inside a full sentence. If a part of the pronunciation trips you up, slow down on that part alone before putting the whole word back together.
SLICK in a sentence
Sidewalks slick with ice.
Notice how SLICK fits into that sentence as adj. Try swapping in your own subject and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it does, you have understood the meaning of SLICK, not just memorized it.
Ways to remember SLICK
A new word sticks better when you do something with it, not just read it.
Say it, then use it. Repeat SLICK once, then build one sentence of your own with it today.
Connect it to something you know. Think of a moment from your own week where SLICK could apply, even loosely.
Spell it out. Cover the word, spell SLICK from memory, then check. This catches the letters your eyes skipped over the first time.
Come back tomorrow. A word reviewed a day later is far more likely to stay than one read once and left.
Notice it in the wild. Once you know SLICK, you will start spotting it in things you read. Each time you notice it, the meaning gets a little more solid.
Play a board with SLICK
A definition is easier to keep once you have used the word under a little pressure. Try today's word game, or search for more words like SLICK with the word finder. Missed a word along the way? The vocabulary quiz is a quick way to check what stuck, and missed words come back around for review instead of disappearing.
For teachers and parents
This page works well as a quick reference before a lesson or a homework check. Look up a word, read the definition and example together, then ask the student to build a new sentence with it. A student who can use SLICK correctly in a sentence they made up has learned it. One who can only repeat the definition back has not, yet.
A quick classroom routine: put SLICK on the board, cover the definition, and ask the class to guess the meaning from the example sentence alone. Reveal the real definition after a few guesses. It takes a minute and gets students reasoning about context clues instead of just memorizing.
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The letters in SLICK
- Length: 5 letters
- Vowels: 1 (I)
- Different letters: 5, all different
- First letter: S, last letter: K
Words built from the same letters
- FLICK: A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).
- SILKY: Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk.
- SKILL: Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.
- SLACK: A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.
- SLICE: A share of something.
- STICK: An implement consisting of a length of wood.