STREAK


Meaning of STREAK in English

I. streak 1 /striːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: strica ]

1 . a coloured line, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally:

Sue has blonde streaks in her hair.

2 . a part of someone’s character that is different from the rest of their character:

a mean streak

streak of

His serious nature was lightened by a streak of mischief.

3 . a period of time during which you continue to be successful or to fail

be on a winning/losing streak

Celtic are on a six-game winning streak.

4 . streak of lightning/fire/light etc a long straight flash of ↑ lightning , fire etc

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THESAURUS

▪ stripe a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together:

the red and white stripes on the US flag

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horizontal stripes

▪ streak a coloured line or thin mark, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally:

His hair was black with streaks of grey.

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He saw the red streaks of sunrise in the sky.

▪ band a thick line of colour that is different from the areas around it:

The fish has a black band on its fin.

II. streak 2 BrE AmE verb

1 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to run or fly somewhere so fast you can hardly be seen

streak across/along/down etc

Two jets streaked across the sky.

2 . [transitive usually passive] to cover something with lines of colour, liquid etc:

The sky was streaked yellow and purple.

streak with

His hands and arms were streaked with paint.

3 . [intransitive] to run across a public place with no clothes on as a joke or in order to shock people

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.