oil-slickedadj.
/ˈɔɪlˌslɪkt/, U.S. /ˈɔɪlˌslɪkt/ Covered with a layer or film of oil; containing or affected by an oil slick.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > polluted with oil
oil-slicked1950
1950 A. Forster Meas. of Freedom ii. 19 Their after-dinner diversion, firing an oil-slicked cross, is sometimes directed against a white, gentile, Protestant, native-born American—whom some Klansman doesn't approve of for personal reasons.
1958 Oxf. Mail 15 Aug. 1/5 Wreckage picked up from the oil-slicked section of the Atlantic by the searching ships.
1967 L. Deighton Expensive Place xxvii. 164 The oil-slicked highway dared children and divided neighbours.
1997 Sci. Amer. June 20/1 Cleaning oil-slicked seabirds may help people heal, but not birds, several recent studies say.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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