streak.
An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.
Meaning & usage
An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.
The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion. A band, line or stripe.
A streak of light on the horizon.
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, when I was dealt terrible cards.
A continuous series of like events. A measure of activity that tracks how many consecutive days a certain interaction with another user or a service has taken place, a form of gamification to drive user engagement.
A continuous series of like events. A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
a mean streak
a stubborn streak
A continuous series of like events. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.
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 strake.
A rung or round of a ladder.
The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
A group of tigers.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).
To have or obtain streaks.
If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
To run quickly.
To run naked in public.
It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
To move very swiftly.
To create streaks upon.
You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).
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