streak

Pluralstreaks

Formsstreaks, streaking, streaked

1. 1
   long marknouncountable

   A long, uneven line or mark left by rubbing or by something moving.

   There is a streak of blue paint on your sleeve.

   The rain left dirty streaks down the windows.

   Similarsmear, stripe, line, smudge

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   run of lucknouncountable

   A time when the same kind of thing keeps happening again and again.

   Our team is on a winning streak.

   I had a streak of bad luck last month.

   Similarrun, spell, string

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   character traitnouncountable

   A part of someone's character that is always there but is not the main part.

   Dad is kind, but he has a stubborn streak.

   She has a wild streak that comes out at parties.

   Similarside

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   move fastverbintransitive

   To move or run very fast.

   The dog streaked across the yard after the ball.

   Cars streak by on the highway all night.

   Similarrace, speed, zoom, flash, dash

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   daily app countnouncountable

   A count of how many days in a row you have used an app or sent something to a friend on it.

   I practiced Spanish on the app today so I wouldn't break my streak.

   My sister was upset when she lost her streak with her best friend.

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   leave marksverbtransitive

   To put streaks on something.

   Mud streaked his white shirt during the game.

   A dirty cloth will streak the glass.

   Similarsmear, smudge

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   verbintransitive

   To run without any clothes on in a public place.

   A man streaked across the beach, and everyone laughed.

   He promised to streak through campus if his team won.

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   naked runnouncountable

   Running naked through a public place.

   Security caught him right after his streak across the field.

   The streak lasted about ten seconds, but people talked about it for weeks.

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   leave marksverbintransitive

   To get or show streaks, long uneven lines or marks.

   The wall will streak if you paint it too fast.

   My new car's windows streaked after the rain.

   Similarsmudge, smear, run

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    powder colornouncountable

    The color of a mineral's powder, seen when the mineral is rubbed on plain white tile.

    We rubbed each rock on a white tile and wrote down its streak.

    The rock looked like gold, but its streak was black.

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    ship plankingnouncountable

    A long row of boards or metal plates along the side of a ship.

    Workers fixed a cracked streak on the side of the old boat.

    The hull is made of many streaks of wood, one above the other.

    Similarstrake

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    mothnouncountable

    A kind of moth, known to scientists as Chesias legatella.

    We found a streak in the moth trap last night.

    The streak sat so still on the twig that we almost missed it.

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