Meaning

12 senses
  1. An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.

    The picture I took out the car window had streaks.

    Schliere

    полоса́polosá, поло́скаpolóska

  2. An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.

    A band, line or stripe.

    A streak of light on the horizon.

  3. 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.

    an unbroken series of events

  4. A continuous series of like events.

    (Internet)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.

  5. (figuratively)A consistent facet of somebody's personality.

    a mean streak

    a stubborn streak

  6. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.

    She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.

    чертаčerta

    a distinctive characteristic

  7. 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.

  8. A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.

    Streak (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    Später Ginsterspanner

  9. A strake.

  10. A rung or round of a ladder.

  11. The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.

  12. (collective)A group of tigers.

Examples

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  1. They have lost 10 games in a row since their winning streak ended.

    Відтоді як їхня низка перемог закінчилася, вони програли 10 ігор поспіль.

    ruС тех пор как их череда побед закончилась, они проиграли 10 игр подряд.

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  2. Tom has a violent streak.

    У Тома є злісна жилка.

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  3. Her hair is streaked with gray.

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  4. Will our team continue its losing streak?

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  5. I hope our team continues its winning streak.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
continuous series of events:
irregular line:
non-dominant tendency or characteristic:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
irregular line:
species of moth:

Origin

From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Pr

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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