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Word: streak (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A continuous series of like events.
  • A moth of the family Geometridae ''Chesias legatella'' (see w:Streak (moth)).
  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
  • 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.

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Verb:

  • slang to run naked in public
  • intransitive to have or obtain streaks.
  • transitive to create streaks
  • transitive To move very swiftly.

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