Definitions for STREAK
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 45 votes

1. streak, runnoun

   an unbroken series of events

   "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

2. streaknoun

   a distinctive characteristic

   "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

3. stripe, streak, barnoun

   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"

4. streakverb

   a sudden flash (as of lightning)

5. streakverb

   move quickly in a straight line

   "The plane streaked across the sky"

6. streakverb

   run naked in a public place

7. mottle, streak, blotchverb

   mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. streaknoun

   An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

   The picture I took out the car window had streaks.

2. streaknoun

   A continuous series of like events.

3. streaknoun

   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. streaknoun

   A moth of the family Geometridae Chesias legatella (see w:Streak (moth)).

5. streaknoun

   A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.

   She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.

6. streakverb

   to have or obtain streaks.

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

7. streakverb

   to run naked in public

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

8. streakverb

   to create streaks

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

9. streakverb

   To move very swiftly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STREAKnoun

   A line of colour different from that of the ground.

   Etymology: strice , Saxon; streke, Dutch; stricia, Ital.

   The West yet glimmers with some streaks of day;
   Now spurs the lated traveller apace,
   To gain the timely inn. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   What mean those colour’d streaks in heav’n,
   Distended, as the brow of God appeas’d? John Milton.

   The night comes on, we eager to pursue
   ’Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew,
   And doubtful moonlight did our rage deceive. Dryden.

   Ten wildings have I gather’d for my dear;
   How ruddy, like your lips, their streaks appear! Dryden.

   While the fantastick tulip strives to break
   In two-fold beauty, and a parted streak. Matthew Prior.

2. To Streakverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To stripe; to variegate in hues; to dapple.

   Mark what Jacob did;
   When all the yeanlings which were streak’d and pied,
   Should fall as Jacob’s hire. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   A mule, admirably streaked and dappled with white and black. George Sandys, Journey.

   To-morrow, ere fresh morning streak the East,
   With first approach of light we must be ris’n,
   And at our pleasant labour, to reform
   Yon flow’ry arbours. John Milton.

   Now let us leave this earth, and lift our eye
   To the large convex of yon’ azure sky:
   Behold it like an ample curtain spread,
   Now streak’d and glowing with the morning red;
   Anon at noon in flaming yellow bright,
   And chusing sable for the peaceful night. Matthew Prior.

   2. To stretch. Obsolete.

   She lurks in midst of all her den, and streaks
   From out a ghastly whirlpool all her necks;
   Where, glotting round her rock, to fish she falls. George Chapman.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. streak

   A streak is a continuous or unbroken series of a particular event or behavior. It can also refer to a distinctive line or mark typically differing in color or texture from the surrounding surface. In mineralogy, a streak is the color of the powder produced when a mineral is scraped across an unglazed surface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Streakverb

   to stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body

2. Streaknoun

   a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein

3. Streaknoun

   a strake

4. Streaknoun

   the fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character

5. Streaknoun

   the rung or round of a ladder

6. Streakverb

   to form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors

7. Streakverb

   with it as an object: To run swiftly

8. Etymology: [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line, stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth. stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n., and cf. Strake.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Streak

   The streak of a mineral is the color of the powder produced when it is dragged across an unweathered surface. Unlike the apparent color of a mineral, which for most minerals can vary considerably, the trail of finely ground powder generally has a more consistent characteristic color, and is thus an important diagnostic tool in mineral identification. If no streak seems to be made, the mineral's streak is said to be white or colorless. Streak is particularly important as a diagnostic for opaque and colored materials. It is less useful for silicate minerals, most of which have a white streak and are too hard to powder easily. The apparent color can vary widely because of trace impurities or a disturbed macroscopic crystal structure. Small amounts of an impurity that strongly absorbs a particular wavelength can radically change the wavelengths of light that are reflected by the specimen, and thus change the apparent color. However, when the specimen is dragged to produce a streak, it is broken into randomly oriented microscopic crystals, and small impurities do not greatly affect the absorption of light. The surface across which the mineral is dragged is called a "streak plate," and is generally made of unglazed porcelain tile. In the absence of a streak plate, the unglazed underside of a porcelain bowl or vase or the back of a glazed tile will work. Sometimes a streak is more easily or accurately described by comparing it with the "streak" made by another streak plate.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Streak

   strēk, n. a line or long mark different in colour from the ground, a band of marked colour of some length, a stripe: a slight characteristic, a trace, a passing mood: (min.) the appearance presented by the surface of a mineral when scratched: a strake or line of planking: a short piece of iron forming one section of a pieced tire on the wheel of an artillery-carriage.—v.t. to form streaks in: to mark with streaks.—adj. Streaked, streaky, striped: (U.S.) confused.—n. Streak′iness.—adj. Streak′y, marked with streaks, striped: uneven in quality. [A.S. strica, a stroke—strícan, to go, Ger. strich; cf. Strike. Skeat makes it Scand., Sw. strek, Dan. streg, a dash.]

2. Streak

   strēk, v.t. (Scot.) to lay out a corpse for burial.—v.i. to stretch out.

3. Streak

   strēk, v.i. (U.S.) to run swiftly.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Streak

   Streak was born out of the frustration of constantly having to switch between their inbox (where they do their work) and separate systems. Their goal is to take the work out of managing the processes you do everyday.

Matched Categories

1. • Characteristic
   • Color
   • Move
   • Run
   • Succession

Anagrams for STREAK »

1. sakret

2. skater

3. strake

4. takers

5. tasker

6. trakes

7. staker

How to pronounce STREAK?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of STREAK in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of STREAK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of STREAK in a Sentence

1. The Hawks:

   We’re just taking one game at a time, we know we’re going to have to put a streak of games together with only 24 games left in the season. But again, talking about it, we’re pretty much past that. We know what we have to do.

2. Tiger Woods:

   I'm on a hot streak right now. I made the last putt.

3. D. H. Lawrence:

   If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of a harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.

4. The Texas senator:

   Democrat Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both were seeking rebound victories Tuesday after recent setbacks. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has complicated Trump's path to the nomination by winning recent contests like Wisconsin and getting allies elected to state delegate slates. On the Democratic side, Sanders had been on a winning streak up until Tuesday – winning seven of the eight prior contests. Whether Donald Trump and Clinton's performance Tuesday will help either wrap up the race in the coming weeks remains an open question. The campaigns head next to five Eastern states that vote next Tuesday : Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. It’s potentially friendly territory for the front-runners. But unless Donald Trump can drive Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of the race, the billionaire businessman still may have to fight all the way until the final primary contests on June 7 – especially with an eye toward delegate-rich California, which may end up the determining race – to see if Donald Trump can clinch the nomination with the necessary 1,237 delegates. As of Tuesday night, Donald Trump had 840 delegates. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had 559, and Kasich had 146. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who infamously panned Trump's New York values earlier in the primary, had been bracing for a tough showing in the Empire State and showed no signs of throwing in the towel. The Texas senator was already looking ahead, turning The Texas senator attention to Pennsylvania, where The Texas senator delivered a speech calling on Americans to join together to move the country forward. It is time for us to get up, shake it off and be who we were destined to be.

5. Chris Taylor double:

   We definitely had a lot of opportunities to win that game, not our best baseball tonight but hopefully tomorrow we can start fresh and start a new winning streak.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=STREAK
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Streak
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=STREAK
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/STREAK
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=STREAK
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=STREAK
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/streak