slike

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5

Definition of slike

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To crawl; creep; slide.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To crawl; creep; slide.
  2. (transitive)To make sleek or smooth.
  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To rend asunder; cleave.

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Etymology

From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (“to crawl, slink”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with German Low German slieken (“to slink, crawl”), German schleichen (“to creep, crawl, slink, sneak”), Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”).

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