streak
noun
[ striːk ]
• a long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings.
• "a streak of oil"
Similar:
band,
line,
strip,
stripe,
vein,
slash,
bar,
ray,
finger,
pencil,
stroke,
trace,
touch,
fleck,
dash,
stria,
striation,
lane,
mark,
smear,
smudge,
stain,
blotch,
splodge,
splotch,
• an element of a specified kind in someone's character.
• "there's a streak of insanity in the family"
• an act of running naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others.
• "a streak for charity"
streak
verb
• cover (a surface) with streaks.
• "tears streaking her face, Cynthia looked up"
Similar:
stripe,
band,
bar,
fleck,
striate,
freak,
mark,
daub,
smear,
smudge,
stain,
splodge,
splotch,
• move very fast in a specified direction.
• "the cat streaked across the street"
Similar:
race,
dash,
rush,
run,
sprint,
bolt,
dart,
gallop,
career,
charge,
shoot,
hurtle,
hare,
bound,
fly,
speed,
zoom,
go hell for leather,
plunge,
dive,
whisk,
scurry,
scuttle,
scamper,
scramble,
tear,
belt,
pelt,
scoot,
zap,
zip,
whip,
step on it,
get a move on,
hotfoot it,
steam,
put on some speed,
go like a bat out of hell,
burn rubber,
bomb,
go like the clappers,
bucket,
put one's foot down,
leg it,
wheech,
boogie,
hightail it,
clip,
barrel,
get the lead out,
cut along,
fleet,
post,
hie,
haste,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• run naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others.
• "the singer admitted to streaking in his home town in the seventies"
Origin:
Old English strica, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch streek and German Strich, also to strike. The sense ‘run naked’ was originally US slang.
mean streak
• a tendency to be unkind, vicious, or aggressive.
• "they're both tough and they both have a mean streak"
