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streak
[ streek ]
noun
- a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
streaks of mud.
- a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum:
streaks of fat in meat.
- a vein, strain, or admixture of anything:
a streak of humor.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Informal.
- a spell or run:
a streak of good luck.
- an uninterrupted series:
The team had a losing streak of ten games.
- a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt.
- Mineralogy. the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the mineral in the mass, and serving as an important distinguishing character.
- Plant Pathology.
- an elongated, narrow, superficial lesion on stems or leaf veins, becoming brown and necrotic.
- any disease characterized by such lesions.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with a streak or streaks; form streaks on:
sunlight streaking the water with gold; frost streaking the windows.
- to lighten or color (strands of hair) for contrastive effect.
- to dispose, arrange, smear, spread, etc., in the form of a streak or streaks:
to streak cold germs on a slide for microscopic study.
verb (used without object)
- to become streaked.
- to run, go, or work rapidly.
- to flash, as lightning.
- to make a sudden dash in public while naked, especially as a prank.
streak
1/ ٰː /
noun
- a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour
- (of lightning) a sudden flash
- ( as modifier )
streak lightning
- an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic
- a strip, vein, or layer
fatty streaks
- a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck
- mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic
- bacteriol the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it
- informal.an act or the practice of running naked through a public place
verb
- tr to mark or daub with a streak or streaks
- intr to form streaks or become streaked
- intr to move rapidly in a straight line
- informal.intr to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them
streak
2/ ٰː /
noun
- a variant spelling of strake
streak
- The characteristic color of a mineral after it has been ground into a powder. Because the streak of a mineral is not always the same as its natural color, it is a useful tool in mineral identification.
- A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.
- Also called streak plate
- Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
Derived Forms
- streaked, adjective
- ˈٰ, noun
- ˈٰˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ٰ· [streekt, -lee, stree, -kid-lee], adverb
- ٰn noun
- ٰİ noun
- ٰl adjective
- t·ٰ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·ٰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of streak1
Word History and Origins
Origin of streak1
Idioms and Phrases
- blue streak. blue streak.
More idioms and phrases containing streak
see like greased lightning (a blue streak) ; talk someone's arm off (a blue streak) ; winning streak .Example Sentences
The Red Roses are on a 24-game winning streak and chasing a 15th successive win over France to secure a seventh Six Nations title and a fourth Grand Slam in a row.
Rams general manager Les Snead apparently does not care about streaks.
Mitchell's England are on a 24-game winning streak and are chasing a 15th successive win over France to secure a seventh Six Nations title in a row.
“There’s a Calvinist streak in the American spirit and nature that is so deeply mistrustful of pleasure. And right now, it’s coterminous with fascism, where there shouldn’t be any pleasure for its own sake.”
It happens every year during mid to late April, visible as short-lived streaks of light in the sky.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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