streak
Plural: streaks
Noun
- an unbroken series of events
- "had a streak of bad luck"
- a distinctive characteristic
- "he has a stubborn streak"
- "a streak of wildness"
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a sudden flash (as of lightning)
- An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
- A continuous series of like events.
- 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 consistent facet of somebody's personality.
- 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 tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
- A strake.
- A rung or round of a ladder.
- The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
Verb
Verb Forms: streaked, streaking, streaks
- To cover with streaks; to move rapidly.
- move quickly in a straight line
- "The plane streaked across the sky"
- run naked in a public place
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
- To have or obtain streaks.
- To run quickly.
- To run naked in public.
- To move very swiftly.
- To create streaks upon.
- To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
Examples
- a mean streak
- a stubborn streak
- He planned to streak across the board with a seven-letter word, hitting multiple bonuses.
- 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.
- It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
- She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.
- The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
- You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (โlineโ). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmรฅl strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic ๐๐๐๐น๐บ๐ (striks).
Scrabble Score: 10
streak: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstreak: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
streak: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary