streak
verb/striːk/
/striːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they streak | /striːk/ /striːk/ |
| he / she / it streaks | /striːks/ /striːks/ |
| past simple streaked | /striːkt/ /striːkt/ |
| past participle streaked | /striːkt/ /striːkt/ |
| -ing form streaking | /ˈstriːkɪŋ/ /ˈstriːkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to mark or cover something with streaks
- streak something Tears streaked her face.
- She's had her hair streaked (= had special chemicals put on her hair so that it has attractive coloured lines in it).
- streak something with something His face was streaked with mud.
- The sunset streaked the sky with brilliant colours.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move very fast in a particular direction synonym speed
- A car pulled out and streaked off down the road.
- She streaked home in under 54 seconds.
- A police car streaked by, lights flashing.
- Some kind of animal leaped out of the grass and streaked across the meadow.
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (informal) to run through a public place with no clothes on as a way of getting attention
Word OriginOld English strica, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch streek and German Strich, also to strike. The sense ‘run naked’ was originally US slang.
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