# streaking

Pronunciation: say "STREEK-ing" /ˈstɹiːkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of streak. — present participle and gerund of streak
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of streak. Use it after is or was, or to name the action.
   - _Two fighter jets came streaking low over the stadium during the anthem._
   - _Gray was already streaking his dark hair by the time he turned forty._

## Noun

2. The act of dashing through a public place without any clothes on.
   - Simple: Running with no clothes on through a place where people can see you.
   - _Police treated the streaking as a prank and let the student go with a warning._
   - _Stadium officials tightened security after a string of streakings during televised games._
3. The condition of being marked with streaks, or a single streak.
   - Simple: The way something is marked with lines of another color, or one of those lines.
   - _The dark streaking in the wood grain gave the old table a striking look._
   - _Fine streakings of red ran through the pale stone of the cliff._

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