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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleek

/sliːk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
sleek
IPA
/sliːk/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

adj

Glossy.

adj

Not rough or harsh.

adj

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

adj

Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.

adj

Dated form of slick (“convincing but untrustworthy”).

Dated

adv

With ease and dexterity.

Colloquial; Dated

verb

To make smooth or glossy; to polish.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

sleeker (comparative) sleekest (superlative) sleeks (present, singular) sleeking (participle, present) sleeked (participle, past) sleeked (past)

Derived Forms

sleekly sleekness sleekstone

Synonyms

frictionless silky downy even flat lanate level silken silklike sleek slick slight

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce sleek?
The recorded pronunciation is /sliːk/.
What does sleek mean?
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
Where does sleek come from?
A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.

How to pronounce sleek

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