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talk a blue streak talk a blue streakTo speak with great rapidity, volume, and/or intensity. He's a lovely guy, but he'll talk a blue streak if you let him. It can be exhausting! It can be hard to follow along with her when she starts talking a blue streak like that.See also: blue, streak, talktalk a blue streakFig. to talk very much and very rapidly. Billy didn't talk until he was two, and then he started talking a blue streak. I can't understand anything Bob says. He talks a blue streak, and I can't follow his thinking.See also: blue, streak, talktalk a blue streak AMERICAN, INFORMALIf someone talks a blue streak, they talk a lot and very fast. My Mom always says I talked a blue streak from the time I opened my mouth. Note: You can also say that someone swears or curses a blue streak, meaning that they swear a lot. He was led out by the police, cursing a blue streak as he went. Note: This expression refers to a blue streak of lightning flashing quickly across the sky. See also: blue, streak, talktalk a blue streak speak continuously and at great length. North American informal A blue streak refers to something like a flash of lightning in its speed and vividness.See also: blue, streak, talktalk a blue streak tv. to talk fast or a lot. Some parrots never talk. Others talk a blue streak whenever it’s light. See also: blue, streak, talk |