Sleek

//sliːk// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

    "sleek hair"

  2. 2
    Glossy.
  3. 3
    Not rough or harsh.

    "Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek."

  4. 4
    Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.

    "But if it were like a rabbit that Rosa went, she came back like a weasel or some such sleek and lissom creature."

  5. 5
    Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
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  1. 6
    Dated form of slick (“convincing but untrustworthy”). alt-of, dated

    "'Are these the Carrara marbles?' the lady queried. 'Yes, madam,' responded the sleek salesman."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk wordnet
  2. 2
    designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow wordnet
  3. 3
    well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    With ease and dexterity. colloquial, dated, not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    That which makes smooth; varnish. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make smooth or glossy; to polish. transitive

    "The sloping brush sleeks the surface."

  2. 2
    make slick or smooth wordnet
  3. 3
    To calm or soothe. dated, transitive
  4. 4
    To glide. dated, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

Etymology 2

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

Etymology 3

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

Etymology 4

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

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