different between slicker vs slicer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Etymology 1

From the adjective slick.

Adjective

slicker

1. comparative form of slick: more slick

Etymology 2

From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) +? -er.

Noun

slicker (plural slickers)

1. One who or that which slicks.
2. (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
3. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
4. (slang) A swindler or conman.
5. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
6. (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
7. A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
8. A brush for grooming a cat and removing loose fur.
   • 2009, Vicky Halls, The Complete Cat (page 225)

     There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.

Synonyms

• (waterproof coat or jacket): poncho

Verb

slicker (third-person singular simple present slickers, present participle slickering, simple past and past participle slickered)

1. To slither, as on a slick surface.
2. To con or hoodwink.
3. To use a slicker on.
4. To smooth or slick.
5. To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

See also

• city slicker

Anagrams

• Rickels, Sickler, lickers, relicks, rickles, sickler

English

Etymology

From slice +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?s?(r)

Noun

slicer (plural slicers)

1. Someone or something that slices.
2. A broad, flat knife.
3. A slicing cucumber.
   • 2008, Jeff Cox, The Organic Food Shopper's Guide (page 67)

     These are American slicers. But there are many types of cucumbers out there other than American slicers.

4. A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
5. (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• relics

French

Etymology

From English slice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaj.se/

Verb

slicer

1. (sports) To slice the ball

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.