Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slick up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
slick- up
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clean up or organize (something).

American usage; Archaic; Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

slicks up (present, singular) slicking up (participle, present) slicked up (participle, past) slicked up (past)

Synonyms

spruce up spruce smarten up titivate tittivate spiff up

Questions

What does slick up mean?
To clean up or organize (something).

How to pronounce slick up

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