Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To have or obtain streaks.

    If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.

    schlieren

  2. (intransitive)To run quickly.

    run naked in a public place

  3. (intransitive)To run naked in public.

    It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.

    flitzen

  4. (intransitive)To move very swiftly.

    move quickly in a straight line

  5. (transitive)To create streaks upon.

    You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.

  6. (Scotland, UK, obsolete)To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Examples

48 sentences
  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. — tikan0

    ruС тех пор как их череда побед закончилась, они проиграли 10 игр подряд. — tikan0

  2. Tom has a violent streak.

    У Тома є злісна жилка. — deniko

  3. Her hair is streaked with gray.

  4. Will our team continue its losing streak?

  5. I hope our team continues its winning streak.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to have or obtain streaks:
to run naked in public:

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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Forms

streaks, streaking, streaked, streaked
Base formstreak · to streak
3rd person singularstreaks
Present participlestreaking
Past simplestreaked
Past participlestreaked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystreak
he, she, itstreaks

Past simpleLesson

all personsstreaked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave streaked
he, she, ithas streaked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill streak

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained:mottleblotch

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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