Streak

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɹiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Full definition of streak

Noun

1. An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 1, 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
2. The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
3. A continuous series of like events.
   I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.
   I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, where I was dealt terrible cards.
4. 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.
5. A moth of the family Geometridae .
6. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
   She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.
7. (shipbuilding) A strake.
8. A rung or round of a ladder.

Derived terms

• streak of good luck

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
2. (intransitive, slang) To run naked in public. Contrast flash.It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
3. (transitive) To create streaks.You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
4. (transitive) To move very swiftly.
5. (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Anagrams

• sakret
• skater
• strake
• takers
• tasker
• trakes