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| streaks | |
| 1. n. plural of streak |  |
| streak | |
| 1. n. An irregular line left from smearing or motion. | |
| The picture I took out the car window had streaks. | |
| 2. n. 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, where I was dealt terrible cards. | |
| 3. n. 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. | |
| 4. n. A moth of the family Geometridae. | |
| 5. n. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one. | |
| She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak. | |
| 6. n. (shipbuilding) A strake. | |
| 7. n. A rung or round of a ladder. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks. | |
| If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive, slang) To run naked in public. (Contrast flash.) | |
| It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field. | |
| 10. v. To create streaks. | |
| You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight. | |
| 11. v. To move very swiftly. | |
| 12. v. (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. | |
