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UK
/stɹˈiːk/
]
[ US /ˈstɹik/ ]
[ US /ˈstɹik/ ]
NOUN
-
a distinctive characteristic
he has a stubborn streak
a streak of wildness -
an unbroken series of events
had a streak of bad luck
Nicklaus had a run of birdies -
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
a green toad with small black stripes or bars
may the Stars and Stripes forever wave - a sudden flash (as of lightning)
VERB
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
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move quickly in a straight line
The plane streaked across the sky - run naked in a public place
How To Use streak In A Sentence
- In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
- But Arthur's do-gooder streak didn't particularly please other Republicans, and he became one of the few Presidents to fail to win his own party's nomination for re-election.
- All yellowhammers have striking, rusty-coloured, unstreaked rumps which are most attractive.
- Her clothes were streaked with mud.
- Unfortunately, we knew the shutout streak would come to an end," Buffalo captain Stu Barnes said. NHL - National Hockey League - Buffalo vs. Ottawa
- In the midst of a losing streak, a contingent of backup players complained about playing time.
- Sue has blonde streaks in her hair.
- She was already well on her way to becoming an amazon beauty, with long slender legs, perfect, glowing skin and light brown hair with copper streaks cascading over her broad shoulders.
- In fact, the mark ties with that of the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, an expansion team that lost the first 26 games of its existence, the longest losing streak in major American professional sports.
- Querulousness, arrogance and an erratic streak alienated even his closest supporters, dooming his place in history.