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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

4 entries under this word

Sleek

Sleek, a.

adjective

a. [compar. SLEEKER; superl. SLEEKEST.] [O. Eng. slick; Icel. slikia, to smooth, polish, D. sluik, smooth, even.]

  1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; whence, glossy; as, sleek hair. “So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.” Dryden.
  2. Not rough or harsh.

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

Sleek, n.

noun

n. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]

Sleek, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SLEEKED (slēkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SLEEKING.]

  1. To make even and smooth; as, to sleek the hair. B. Jonson.
  2. To render smooth, soft, and glossy.

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak.

Sleek, adv.

adverb

With ease and dexterity; with exactness. [Vulgar.]