slick
adjective
smooth and glossy; sleek.
were slicking
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past progressiveof slick.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Outside, far below in the dark, snowflakes were slicking the roads.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2013
While we were slicking up the dishes I got to chuckling and Jim began to blush and look foolish.
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
They were slicking up for the once a fortnight twenty-four-hour party.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Charles Rumford Walker
