I. ˈslēk verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English sleken, alteration of sliken to slick
transitive verb
1. : slick 1a, 1b, 2
2. : to cover up : gloss over
sleeked over … his agitated expression — J.C.Powys
intransitive verb
: slick
II. adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: alteration of slick (II)
1.
a. : smooth and shining usually from good health or attentive care
his sleek coat gleaming like mirror velvet — Alice Duncan-Kemp
also : having sleek hair or fur
steer and heifer calves — some of them so sleek and beefy that they had won blue ribbons — Lewis Nordyke
b. : being in a flourishing condition from or as if from attentive care
animally alive, his naked brown body so sleek with health — Christopher Isherwood
2.
a. : having a smooth or polished surface
the metal felt sleek and warm to his touch — Stuart Cloete
b. : being wet and slippery
cobbles were sleek with mud — Marguerite Steen
3. : disagreeably ingratiating or fawning : unctuous
novels … in which every young man is sleek and feverish for an unattainable success — Marjory S. Douglas
4.
a. : gracefully proportioned : slender
a sleek brunette in a green dress and fur jacket — J.J.Godwin
the early engines, sleek and graceful — C.J.Allen
b. : fashionably or luxuriously trim or elegant
sleek figures in expensive clothes — Green Peyton
sleek establishments specializing in Peking duck — Jane Nickerson
c. : superficially stylish or elegant : flashy
radiated merely the sleek and obvious aspects — J.S.Bowman
d. : having slender graceful lines : streamlined
a long sleek car gliding away — Andrew Buchanan
III. adverb
: sleekly
IV. noun
( -s )
: slick 1,2