streak
/stɹiːk/
Dictionary
noun
- An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
"The picture I took out the car window had streaks."
- A continuous series of like events.
"I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments."
- The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
- A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
- A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
"She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak."
- A strake.
- A rung or round of a ladder.
- The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area
verb
- To have or obtain streaks.
"If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak."
- To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)
"It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field."
- To create streaks.
"You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight."
- To move very swiftly.
- To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
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