streak

IPA: strˈik

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.

(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.

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.
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).