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 Rocket's win streak is one (contradict perception of indespensibility?).
  • This win streak is Detroit's longest since winning 11 in a row from Dec. 14-Jan.
  • TOMS RIVER - The title streak continues for two of South Jersey's storied wrestling programs.
  • The small win streak is important because Indiana had lost seven in a row before beating New York on Wednesday.
  • That streak is one game short of Wayne Gretzky's league record for longest points streak from a debut with a new team, set in 1988 with Los Angeles.
  • Team USA, riding a 167-game win streak, is well aware that the competition has improved and become more aggressive in hopes of knocking it off its perch.
  • The Los Angeles Lakers '33-game win streak is the longest among teams in the four major pro sports, bettering the 2003-04 New England Patriots (21), baseball's 1916 New York Giants (26) and the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins (17).

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