slick back

English

Verb

slick back (third-person singular simple present slicks back, present participle slicking back, simple past and past participle slicked back)

  1. To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
    His hair was slicked back, plastered down with gel.
    • 1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:
      I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
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