streaknoun [ C ]
uk/striːk/us/striːk/streak noun [ C ] (MARK)
a long, thin mark that is easily noticed because it is very different from the area surrounding it:
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- defile
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slob
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
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streak noun [ C ] (CHARACTERISTIC)
an often unpleasant characteristic that is very different from other characteristics:
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Conditions and characteristics
- -ance
- -ancy
- ability
- ambience
- attribute
- character
- complexion
- condition
- detail
- feature
- hallmark
- karma
- lineament
- local colour
- middle name
- mien
- nature
- resonate
- savour
- smack
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streak noun [ C ] (SHORT PERIOD)
a short period of good or bad luck:
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Good luck and bad luck
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- blessing
- favour
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- happenstance
- happily
- lap
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mixed blessing
- shame
- stroke
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streak noun [ C ] (SERIES)
something that happens or is done over a period of time without a break:
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Continually & repeatedly
- 24/7
- ad nauseam
- again
- alway
- always
- clock
- constant
- hour
- hour after hour idiom
- hourly
- immemorial
- interval
- morning
- morning, noon, and night idiom
- night
- periodicity
- perpetual
- perpetually
- persistent
- quick-fire
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Idiom(s)
streakverb
uk/striːk/us/striːk/streak verb (MOVE FAST)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to move somewhere extremely quickly, usually in a straight line:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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streak verb (RUN NAKED)
[ I ] to run naked through a public place in order to attract attention or to express strong disapproval of something
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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streak verb (MARK)
to have long, thin noticeable lines of a different colour:
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- stripe
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
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