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)
- (transitive) To make slick.
- 2001, Nora Roberts, Hidden Star:
- Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.
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Derived terms
- rain-slickened
- water-slickened
Adjective
slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
- (UK, dialect) sleek; smooth
Anagrams
- Nickels, Nickles, nickels, nickles, snickle
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *slikkon, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).
Verb
slicken
- to swallow
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: slikken
- Limburgish: slikke
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “slicken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II