скользкий — meaning in English

English meaning

• greasy adj Covered in or containing a lot of grease or fat.
• slick adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.
• slimy adj Covered in or resembling slime.
• slippery adj Having a smooth, low-friction surface that makes it easy to slide or fall.

Senses

скользкий is used for these senses in English:

• greasy Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
• slick Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
• slick Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
• slimy (slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.
• slippery Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
• slippery (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.

greasy — full definition

1. adj Covered in or containing a lot of grease or fat.
2. adj Overly flattering or ingratiating in manner; slippery in a social sense.

slick — full definition

1. adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.
2. adj Impressively smooth and polished in style, sometimes to the point of seeming untrustworthy.
3. noun A layer of oil or another liquid spread across a surface.

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