Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making a thing sleek or smooth.
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- verb Present participle of
sleek .
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Examples
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The different levels become different states you experience; most people have sleeping and waking, I have sleeping 1, sleeping 2, sleeking, waping, waking 1 and waking 2.
Neurological Conditions: fatigue and extreme fatigue Elizabeth McClung 2007
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His teeth tugged at her lower lip, his hand sleeking up the inside of her thigh, finding the elastic top of her stocking and exploring the petal-soft skin just above it.
Mistress For A Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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For sleeking beauties I spinned their nightinveils, to slumbred beast I tummed the thief air.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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His teeth tugged at her lower lip, his hand sleeking up the inside of her thigh, finding the elastic top of her stocking and exploring the petal-soft skin just above it.
Mistress for a Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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She ran her hands over it again, sleeking it against her hips.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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She leaned forward, sleeking her planked body to a fleetness that made her crew whoop with excitement.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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She picked up a brush and drew it through her thick hair, sleeking it down.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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He took some moments to show Carl how to hold himself-sleeking himself for speed and twisting for direction.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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Tara was behind the wheel, dressed in a smart white tennis outfit with a white band sleeking the hair away from her oval face.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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Tara was behind the wheel, dressed in a smart white tennis outfit with a white band sleeking the hair away from her oval face.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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