slicken

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From slick +‎ -en.

Verb

slicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)

  1. (transitive) To make slick.
    • 2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star:
      Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.
Derived terms

Adjective

slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)

  1. (UK, dialect) sleek; smooth

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slikkon, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).

Verb

slicken

  1. to swallow

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: slikken
  • Limburgish: slikke

Further reading
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