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scallop, escalope, scaloppine (pl. of scaloppina) or scaloppini
(pl.): May I have another slice of ham? 2 portion, piece,
part, wedge, share, sliver, helping: He wants to make certain
he gets his slice of the pie. 3 spatula; slicer: The Cabots
gave us a silver fish slice for a wedding present.
--v. 4 cut, carve, divide: They watched their mother slicing
bread for sandwiches.
slick adj. 1 smooth, sleek, glossy, silky, silken, shiny, shining,
glassy, slippery: His slick hair looked as if it had been
greased. 2 smooth, urbane, suave, smooth-spoken, glib, smug,
plausible; sycophantic, unctuous, Colloq smarmy: Thomas was a
slick operator and managed to worm his way into a position of
power. 3 smooth, clever, skilful, adroit, dexterous,
professional, ingenious, imaginative, inventive, creative,
Colloq neat: The performance was slick and well-rehearsed. 4
superficial, shallow, meretricious, specious, glib: They have
made a lot of money publishing slick magazines for the yuppy
market.
--v. 5 Often, slick down. smooth, plaster down, grease, oil:
He likes his hair slicked down to look like Valentino's.
slicker n. 1 confidence man or woman, cheat, swindler, mountebank,
Colloq con man, city slicker: That slicker she met in Paris
tricked Harriet out of a lot of money before he disappeared. 2
oilskin (raincoat): Best wear your slicker if you're going out
in this storm, James.
slide v. 1 glide, slip; coast, skim, glissade, skate, plane, skid,
toboggan, slither: The drawer slid smoothly out on its runners.
Terry came sliding down the icy hill, arms and legs flailing. 2
creep, steal, slip, slink, move: My contact slid into the seat
beside me and slipped me a note. 3 decline, decrease, drop,
fall: Shares slid to an all-time low on this morning's market.
4 let slide. forget, ignore, neglect, gloss or pass over, pay no
heed or mind (to): When Mr Bartlett borrowed my lawnmower, I
let the matter slide till he began to think of it as his own,
and offered to lend it to me!
--n. 5 landslide, earth-slip, avalanche, mud-slide: A dozen
houses were destroyed in the slides caused by the recent