sleeker

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noun

An instrument for sleeking or making smooth.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of sleek: more sleek
nounsleeker (plural sleekers)

plural sleekers

  1. An instrument for sleeking or making smooth.

    The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder.

    1852, Frederick Overman, The Moulder's and Founder's Pocket Guide, page 120

Origin

From sleek + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Keesler
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APA

sleeker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeker

MLA

“sleeker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleeker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeker.

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