streak

IPA: strˈik

noun

  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
  • A continuous series of like events.
  • A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
  • 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.
  • (shipbuilding) A strake.
  • A rung or round of a ladder.
  • The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.

verb

  • (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
  • (intransitive) To run quickly.
  • (intransitive) To run naked in public.
  • (intransitive) To move very swiftly.
  • (transitive) To create streaks upon.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
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Examples of "streak" in Sentences

  • The streak ended and started anew.
  • The darker the streak the younger it is.
  • My guess is that the streak is a cobweb.
  • The end of the streak came in March 1906.
  • The underparts are whitish streaked dusky.
  • The sapwood is creamy white with brown streaks.
  • The coat can be streaked or brindled or dappled.
  • The police is investigating the streak of suicides.
  • The streak is brownish black and the fracture smooth.
  • They are vivacious and cooperative with a streak of independence.

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