SLEEK
What does "SLEEK" mean?
Smooth, glossy, and elegantly streamlined in appearance.
Meanings
- Smooth and glossy, as hair, fur, or a polished surface. The cat's coat was sleek and black.
- Elegantly streamlined and stylish in design. The new phone has a sleek aluminium body.
- Smoothly persuasive in a way that may seem slick or insincere. A sleek salesman talked them into the upgrade.
- To make smooth or glossy. She sleeked her hair back into a bun.
Word origin
A variant of 'slick', from Middle English 'sliken' (to make smooth), related to Old English 'slician' and the Germanic root behind 'slip'.
Remember it
SLEEK doubles its E like a long polished surface stretching smooth - and it's just 'slick' with that gleaming double-E swapped in.
A little poem
Otter slides through dusk-
the river polishes it
sleeker than the dark.
haiku
Wordplay
- The barber and the car dealer both promised the same finish: come in rough, leave looking sleek.
What it teaches
Sleek catches the eye, but watch the surface that hides every seam too well.
Quick facts
What does SLEEK mean?
Smooth, glossy, and elegantly streamlined in appearance.
Is SLEEK a valid word?
Yes — SLEEK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SLEEK?
SLEEK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SLEEK come from?
A variant of 'slick', from Middle English 'sliken' (to make smooth), related to Old English 'slician' and the Germanic root behind 'slip'.
What can SLEEK teach us?
Sleek catches the eye, but watch the surface that hides every seam too well.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.