sleeking

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noun

A process of making smooth or glossy.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sleek
nounsleeking (plural sleekings)

plural sleekings

  1. A process of making smooth or glossy.

    Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings, Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft, And your face smooth with ointments […]

    1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer
    1 more example

    Some inconspicuous fluffings and sleekings of its plumage may serve as visible displays, yet are sufficiently subtle that a human observer detects them only with difficulty […]

    2009, William John Smith, The Behavior of Communicating: An Ethological Approach, page 66

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Keesling
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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